[nycbug-talk] BSD gfs/qfs alternatives

[Rodrique Heron]

Francisco Reyes wrote:
> 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"   
>   
Check Gianpaolo Del Matto site: http://phaq.phunsites.net/, he did a 
write up on geom_gate.