[nycbug-talk] BSD gfs/qfs alternatives

[Francisco Reyes]

Miles Nordin writes:

>>>>>> "ak" == Aleksandar Kacanski <kacanski_s at yahoo.com> writes:
>     ak> what are *BSD alternatives for global file system(RH) and
>     ak> sun's qfs?
> 
> I don't think we have any.

There is a network RAID 1 setup (well sort off) that seems to work.
It is geom_gate
Unfortunately there is very little information on how to set it up.

A co-worker set it up and is in the testing phase.
I am hoping to convince "management" to allow us to write up a guide.

So far the only issue we found is that it locks up with files 5GB or 
greater.

Can't even find you links to point you in the right direction right now.
Will ask co-worker for the right  man pages so you can take a look.
We initially found it while looking for DRBD in FreeBSD. You may try 
googling for that.

The only thing I recall about the setup is that you change two variables in 
/boot/default/loader.conf

geom_mirror_load="NO"
geom_gate_load="NO"