mirrored drive NAS operation improved
"Toru Nishimura" <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:16:45 +0900
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.sandpoint |
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| Message-ID | <AB594C575BE34FCFB2730B74A1BBCFBF@tpad4> |
Hi, Frank added a new altboot(8) functionality to boot off kernel in multiple drive NAS configuration. NetBSD/sandpoint is now able to detect it and attempts to boot choosing a valid rootfs drive. This feature improves disk exchange operation in mirrored drive configation. - continue to operate after removal of mirrored drive. - continue to operate after fresh drive insertion. Note that it's not known that any hot-swap-ready sandpoint NAS ever exist so far, and NetBSD disk subsystem is short to make it possible. Given that caveat, the new feature is benefitial to run mirrored drive NAS without any hussle to adjust boot string on every disk exchange operation. Toru Nishimura / ALKYL Technology