Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:33:28 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Marc Nicholas <marc@hippocampus.net> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Software RAID-5 (was: A little off topic...) Message-ID: <19980902153328.C606@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199809011718.RAA02171@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Sep 01, 1998 at 05:18:53PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980901195150.16612E-100000@neuron.hippocampus.net> <199809011718.RAA02171@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Tuesday, 1 September 1998 at 17:18:53 +0000, Mike Smith wrote: >> Sorry that this is a little off topic, but it does relate to a PicoBSD >> project I'm working on :-) Well, it would have been a good topic for FreeBSD-questions, especially if the subject had mentioned what you really want to know. >> Anyone know of a software RAID-5 solution for FreeBSD? Pref. something >> that has source code under a BSD-style license...but commercial offerings >> could be an option. >> >> Yes, I know I could use a hardware solution :-p But I need some more >> flexibility and don't really want to write one from scratch. > > The first question is "why do you think you need RAID-5"? > > The second one is "why do you want it in software?" > > You might be able to license the Vinum RAID-5 module from Cybernet > Systems when it's available; you should talk initially with Greg Lehey > (grog@freebsd.org) about this to guage the likelihood of such a > license being viable. You might also like to check out http://www.lemis.com/vinum.html. You'll have to pay Cybernet for RAID-5. I don't know how much (I suspect they don't, either), but they're Good Guys, and I don't think it would be expensive. If you want to beta test it, now's a good time to ask (but it won't imply a license to use it after beta). It *does* imply a BSD-style license in 18 months, however. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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