Re: question on vinum

Hi, On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:33:43PM -0600, secmgr wrote: > ... > when you define the subdisk, don't use the whole drive. Leave at least > 64 blocks unused. > ... Would you mind to tell the reason behind this rule of leaving at least 64 blocks unused? Regards, -- Marko Räihä

Re: question on vinum

Hi, On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 09:10:39AM -0600, secmgr wrote: > The reason is empirically derived. When I created a 7 disk raid 5 set > using "len 0" or all the space available, the raid set would be corrupt > after initializing. Every time. When I reserved back that extra > space, no corrupt