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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' provides software-based [[:Category:RAID|RAID]] for the FreeBSD operating system.  ''Gvinum'' is the replacement, since FreeBSD 5.3, for the [http://www.vinumvm.org/ ''Vinum'' Volume Manager], re-written to utilize [[geom]] communication methods, and is included in the FreeBSD core distribution. Many, but not all, of the ''vinum'' functions are reproduced in ''gvinum''.
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(NOTE: for practical tasks, you should probably see [[gmirror]] or [[graid3]] instead of this article.)
  
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a Logical Volume Manager, providing kernel-level software [[RAID]] for the FreeBSD (and NetBSD) operating systems.  ''Gvinum'' is the replacement, since FreeBSD 5.3, for the [http://www.vinumvm.org/ ''Vinum'' Volume Manager], re-written to utilize [[geom]] communication methods, and is included in the FreeBSD core distribution. Many of the ''vinum'' functions are reproduced in ''gvinum'', but not all.
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Latest revision as of 18:00, 25 August 2012

(NOTE: for practical tasks, you should probably see gmirror or graid3 instead of this article.)

Gvinum is a Logical Volume Manager, providing kernel-level software RAID for the FreeBSD (and NetBSD) operating systems. Gvinum is the replacement, since FreeBSD 5.3, for the Vinum Volume Manager, re-written to utilize geom communication methods, and is included in the FreeBSD core distribution. Many of the vinum functions are reproduced in gvinum, but not all.

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