glabeled units as consumers? gstriping swap and /tmp? (was Re: graid5 or gvinums - bootable?)

[Arne Wörner]

--- Howard Goldstein <hg at queue.to> wrote:
> - Is it possible (does it even make sense?) to glabel the consumers and
> specifying the appropriate bits of the resulting label as gmirror and
> graid5 consumers?
>
Since graid5 already put meta data into the last sector of each of its
consumers, a glabel is not necessary... I think glabel makes more sense, when u
use it in /etc/fstab...

> - How are you all handling the swap slice?  (gstriping?)
>
For fail safety reasons: graid5 in 2-disk-mode... :-))

> - Is /tmp a good candidate for gstriping as well?  Assuming everything
> I've put in there is ephemeral anway.
> 
RAID1, too...
At least the box wont crash then, when a disk starts burning...

-Arne


       
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