UFS/FFS probably wont deal well with the underlying "logical"-physical disk size changing (bytes/section, number of sectors, etc.). Even if it was pure concatenation.
No, an LVM2/VxFS is needed. Also, shops that can afford SAN and high end RAID tend to be able to provision temp space to store media while they expand and re-create volumes. ~BAS On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 20:21 +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:07:32 +0700 (ICT) > Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > that's what a volume manager (such as LVM2 in linux, Veritas Vol Mgr , and > > > vinum (I think) in FBSD 4 ) do - they abstract the hardware storage > > > layer. > > > > That is hardware RAID. > > yes, i realise you mentioned it . You'd imagine some raid card manufacturers > would have something as flexible as LVM built into their cards by now... maybe > someone does already.. ? > > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." > George Santayana > > I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. > Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been > Warned. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"