From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 26 00:42:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D790916A417 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:42:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FF6013C481 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:42:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 32033 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2007 19:42:14 -0500 Received: from 124-170-10-134.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.10.134) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 25 Oct 2007 19:42:13 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:42:09 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: FreeBSD Questions ML Message-ID: <20071026104209.3c0628ba@meijome.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Storage cluster with FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:42:14 -0000 Hi everyone, I have this pet project, playing with the Lustre Cluster FS. Is there anything similar to this that would run with FreeBSD as the host? ( Clients supported would HAVE to be linux,freebsd, Win32, OSX, ideally over standard protocols with no need for special driver). I seem to remember that ggate, in the GEOM stack, allows for storage over different nodes, but reading about ggate i am not sure it provides what I'm after : - storage over a number of nodes (few or large number). - abstract view of the storage from the client's point of view ( 1 TB storage, doesnt matter how this is setup). - dynamic sizing : add servers, storage grows. - resilience to node loss. thanks!! B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." Justice Louis D. Brandeis I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.