Re: RAID framework?

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:

> On 04.03.2005, at 11:16, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote:
>
> > are there any plans to incorporate a better RAID framework (I don't
> > like vinum at all, you can't boot from it and it's hideously complex to
> > use) or even full blown volume manager into Dragonfly? In a lot of
> > situation, good software RAID would be much more flexible than
> > controller based implementations, especially if there was RAID5 with
> > support for the addition of new disks.
>
>
> I boot from vinum.

ACK. Not new.

 And as I see it, vinum *is* a full blown volume manager.

. .of long standing.  Like anything else, could be improved, but...

IMHO, Matthew's long-range architecture for file systems in general
seems more worthy of investment than any side-trips. A new vinum
should be driven by that goal-set.   Anything less is a distraction.

OTOH, general support for a controller family that provided 'real', not
'pseudo' SATA RAID, would sure be welcome for *whatever* it is to store.

Bill