Bootstrapping Vinum: A Foundation for Reliable Servers
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# 3. Where to Go from Here?

Now that you have established the foundation of a reliable server, there are several things you might want to try next.

## 3.1. Make a Vinum Volume with Remaining Space

Following are the steps to create another Vinum volume with space remaining on the rootback spindle.

> Note: This volume will not be resilient to spindle failure since it has only one plex on a single spindle.

1. Create a file with the following contents:

       volume hope
         plex name hope.p0 org concat volume hope
           sd name hope.p0.s0 drive UpWindow plex hope.p0 len 0

   > Note: Specifying a length of `0` for the `hope.p0.s0` subdisk asks Vinum to use whatever space is left available on the underlying drive.

2. Feed these commands into `vinum` `create`.

       # vinum create filename

3. Now we `newfs` the volume and `mount` it.

       # newfs -v /dev/vinum/hope
       # mkdir /hope
       # mount /dev/vinum/hope /hope

4. Edit `/etc/fstab` if you want `/hope` mounted at boot time.

## 3.2. Try Out More Vinum Commands

You might already be familiar with `vinum` `list` to get a list of all Vinum objects. Try `-v` following it to see more detail.

If you have more spindles and you want to bring them up as concatenated, mirrored, or striped volumes, then give `vinum` `concat` `drivelist`, `vinum` `mirror` `drivelist`, or `vinum` `stripe` `drivelist` a try.

See vinum(8) for sample configurations and important performance considerations before settling on a final organization for your additional spindles.

The failure recovery instructions below will also give you some experience using more Vinum commands.

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