That's a good point i totally forgot about that and yes it can be a bit of a pain to manage privileges... it did cause me quite a bit of headache in the beginning but now things are running relatively smoothly
btw what does RTFM mean?
And one last question for you I posted a question about LAGs in another thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1706803/
Do you think you could help me with that?
Thanks,
M,
RTFM = Read the F'n Manual.
I read your LAG post, and was going to formulate a response. What I would really need to assist you is a full rundown of all your equipment, switches, routers, SAN devices, etc, with model numbers, to determine what capabilities each has by reading a data sheet on them.
Not every device is going to support making a LAG, and your choice of switches can be pretty critical in ensuring proper operation, so without a list of all your components, I would be shooting in the dark trying to find out where your problem originates.
I personally rarely need to work with more than a 2GB/s Ethernet setup, and I usually suggest Fibre over copper to anyone who needs that level of throughput.
If you post about your configuration in your LAG thread, I will look it over when I have the chance. At present, I am diagnosing some odd problems that seem to have no end to them, as I cannot find a satisfactory cause; whilst waiting for a parts order to arrive to finish some other work.
I'm also fighting with an XRAID that is corrupting its admin and monitoring passwords, and finishing a copper installation. Once you post all of your details--I honestly don't recall if you listed most of your components--I will start looking at data sheets on them, but it may be a while before I have a definitive answer for you.
That same XRAID is refusing to show the array that I made (Raid-5 LUN, of seven 500GB drives), when I open Disk Utility. My only clue thus far is this:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2010110903253554
I just removed the array and started a new init. I hope that cures the problem, as I only plan to use this as a Netboot image volume and for swap space, so it won't be a singular, critical component. it's sad, but you can't rely on an XRAID, and you can't get UATA drives at any affordable rate if and when one fails. I have a stack of drives that just light red, and two that light amber. These latter two probably would work, but the XRAID refuses to allow them and just shouts an alarm. I could care less if they fail, and need to be rebuilt constantly as a RAID-0 set for swap space on a network of diskless systems. They can also be 'Enhanced JBOD' for all that it matters, and pattern out the bad blocks.
To day the least, I'm a bit overstressed, and it's a lot easier to give advice, and answer software questions than to instruct someone on how to set up a LAG, using 'unknown' equipment. If I was on-site, I could probably set it up fairly easily, but I would still need to check to see if anything doesn't support your desired configuration, which is quite possible given what I recall reading in your post.
I'm going to return this thread to its topic now.
