At 12:45 AM +0400 1999/9/16,
=?koi8-r?Q?=E1=CE=D4=CF=CE=20=E1=CE=C1=D4=CF=CC=D8=C5=D7=C9=DE wrote:
> I planning to build new intranet server based of 3-STABLE.
> Buying of hardware RAID is a bit expensive for me and AFAIK, vinum is
> the best solution for me.
> Is it possible to use HotPlug HDD feature under vinum, and if "yes" -
> HowTo?
The equipment I'm aware of supporting a hot swap feature is
expensive, and requires support from the OS and/or the drivers to
enable the hot swap features. I do not believe that this support can
be found in vinum, nor do I believe that it can be found in FreeBSD
3.x-STABLE.
If you're going to spend that kind of money for hot swap drives,
then I think the cost of a hardware RAID controller would be a
relatively minimal addition. There's no sense trying to do this on
the cheap for the controller, when you're then going to go out and
spend all that much money on the hot swap drives.
--
These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy
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