From 3628210aa7d00dfe01ad8be44e02ec5287847d70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Lehey Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 06:14:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Modify example configuration file to show more optimum stripe size of 256 kB instead of 16 kB. Pointed-out-by: Steve Taylor Modify description of start command to include 'start' with no parameters, which reads the config from all drives found on the system. --- sbin/vinum/vinum.8 | 33 ++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 index fd0d23d83b18..aff4d3faf0d0 100644 --- a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 +++ b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 @@ -638,8 +638,7 @@ command scans the specified disks for .Nm partitions containing previously created configuration information. It reads the configuration in order from the most recently updated to least recently -updated configuration. This is the normal method used to start -.Nm vinum . +updated configuration. .Nm maintains an up-to-date copy of all configuration information on each disk partition. You must specify all of the partitions in a configuration as the @@ -774,21 +773,25 @@ configuration). Option bit 4 can be useful for error recovery. .Nm start starts one or more .Nm -objects. To start a plex in a multi-plex volume, the data must be copied from -another plex in the volume. This frequently takes a long time and is done in -the background. -.ig -XXX When invoked without arguments, it checks all disks connected to the system -for BSD partitions (type 165) and scans the partitions for a +objects. If no object names are specified, +.Nm +scans the disks known to the system for .Nm -partition, which it calls a \fIdrive\fR\|. The +drives and then reads in the configuration as described under the +.Nm read +command. The .Nm drive contains a header with all information about the data stored on the drive, including the names of the other drives which are required in order to represent plexes and volumes. -.\" XXX -.Nm The scan function has not yet been implemented. -.. +.Pp +If object names are specified, +.Nm +starts them. +.Pp +To start a plex in a multi-plex volume, the data must be copied from another +plex in the volume. Since this frequently takes a long time, it is done in the +background. .It Nm stop .Op Fl f .Op volume | plex | subdisk @@ -1007,11 +1010,11 @@ drive drive5 device /dev/da5h drive drive6 device /dev/da6h # A volume with one striped plex volume tinyvol - plex org striped 32b + plex org striped 512b sd length 64m drive drive2 sd length 64m drive drive4 volume stripe - plex org striped 32b + plex org striped 512b sd length 512m drive drive2 sd length 512m drive drive4 # Two plexes @@ -1023,7 +1026,7 @@ volume concat sd length 150m drive drive4 # A volume with one striped plex and one concatenated plex volume strcon - plex org striped 32b + plex org striped 512b sd length 100m drive drive2 sd length 100m drive drive4 plex org concat