DiskSuite 4.2.1 Database creation question

UNIX Solaris
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I'm trying to figure out how to simply create a 500Gb ufs file system named
/rec using DiskSuite 4.2.1 on a Solaris 8 platform via command line using two
250Gb partitions on two different disks. Does anyone know what the proper
command string and options are to perform this task? Would I use the metadb
command? If so, with what options?

Something like maybe "metadb -a c1t0d0s3 c1t1dos5" with c1t0d0s4 being
one 250Gb partition and c1t1dos5 being the other 250Gb partition.(yet how
do I specify the file system name of /erc or even a metadevice name like
d50?).

Thanks for any input in advance.

Ruger14

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Try this:

I haven't tried it but it looks sound. Normally I mirror disks and not concatinate them together. Good luck.

Carl

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I have to say, I don't think I'd ever do this. If one of the two disks bails, you've lost everything. I guess it depends on the purpose. For a news server (something I ran years and years ago), it woudn't be a big deal since it'd just rebuild itself and repopulate from the 'net. But each disk reduces the MTBF for the entire "disk". We had a bunch of very small disks and our MTBF was 6 months which came out just about right.

The metadb command creates a replica database and needs to be on its own slice. The link I provided was to a lab so make sure you read the entire thing before starting :slight_smile:

Carl