Vinum in FreeBSD 4.x branch

[Stefan Cars]

I agree! We have been working with 8 servers using vinum in production 
for over two years now. As Bill says we got some panics during 
configuration but we have never experienced it after we went live.

/ Stefan

Bill Moran wrote:

> Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion, I thought I'd chime in with 
> mine:
>
> I've been using Vinum in production environments for about 4 years now.
> I have seen the panics during configuration that you describe.  But it's
> not a big deal (to me) as the machine is not yet in production during
> vinum configuration.  Also, I haven't seen a Vinum panic in 3 years.
>
> For actual production use ... the system works great.  Performance is
> excellent, failover is perfect and recovery works well.  Never had
> problems with a production Vinum system once it's up and running.
>
> I will concur that it takes a bit of work to understand configuration
> of Vinum, and one should be well versed in it before attempting to
> reconfigure an existing system.  Hopefully, someone will find the
> time to make the user interface more user-friendly (perhaps a port ...
> I know, now that I've brought it up I've volunteered as well ...)
>
> Duncan Young wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Though I run vinum at home, I would actually suggest not using it in a
>> corperate environment.  There are a couple of problems with it which 
>> make
>> it less than desirable.
>>
>> 1) No root disk support (well I last time I checked it didn't).  This is
>> main reason not to use vinum.
>>
>> 2) Configuration screw ups can cause panics etc.  I've also had other
>> panics, but alas at the time I had more real memory than swap poartition
>> so no crash dump.  I actually can't quite remember what trigered it, 
>> but I
>> think it was to do with the automounter unmounting volumes.  Anyway, I
>> don't consider it to be competly stable, especially since 
>> configuration is
>> not idiot proof (i.e. the state of disks can get screwed up).  By way of
>> comparison, I've used veritas volume manager, solstice Disk suit, 
>> carrion
>> disk arrays, lvm (linux and HPUX), etc.  All of these are much more 
>> idiot
>> proof.  I'm sure vinum will get there, but its not quite there yet.
>>
>>
>> For simplicity and peace of mind, I would sugest some sort of hardware
>> raid controler and mirror everything.
>>
>> Duncan
>>
>>
>>> Hello fellow BSDers!
>>>
>>> I am about to install a new server on a corportate environment
>>> where failure is not an option (that's why I am installing
>>> FreeBSD :-) ). To minimize hard disk problems I intend to use
>>> Vinum.
>>>
>>> I just want to know how is the stability and robustness of
>>> Vinum in the 4.x branch.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Miguel Gonçalves
>>>
>>> PS: I know this is not a good thing to do but can you please
>>> CC to me as I am not on the list due to limitations of my
>>> mail server. Thanks again!
>>>
>>>
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