From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 6 21:50:38 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 2210E16A417 for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:50:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@lizardhill.com) Received: from kermit.lizardhill.com (kermit.lizardhill.com [64.69.41.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B3C13C455 for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:50:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@lizardhill.com) Received: from ip72-193-85-114.lv.lv.cox.net ([72.193.85.114] helo=mickey) by kermit.lizardhill.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IeHYE-00067P-Tu; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:51:11 -0700 From: "Don O'Neil" To: "'Derek Ragona'" , References: <00a201c8085b$f23b0720$0800020a@mickey> <6.0.0.22.2.20071006161249.025449f8@mail.computinginnovations.com> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 14:48:54 -0700 Message-ID: <001801c80862$b10f8260$0800020a@mickey> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 thread-index: AcgIXfSsJXMq1TibR2SPTlRyQDdICQABFnfQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20071006161249.025449f8@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: RE: Building a SAN using 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: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:50:38 -0000 Well, that's is a possibility, but seems a bit of a hack to me... The SAN device would be interfaces to another FreeBSD box so there's no need for Samba... what I'm looking for is a way to extend 1 file system to an infinite size by adding additional devices/network boxes, like what is available from HP and the bigger players, based on a journaled file system. Multiple disks basically added together like RAID, but in a software/hardware setup to create one large volume (and single file system). The use would be for web services... so when a particular volume fills up I can extend it by adding disks and not have to move home directories to different file systems, etc... _____ From: Derek Ragona [mailto:derek@computinginnovations.com] Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:14 PM To: Don O'Neil; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building a SAN using FreeBSD At 04:00 PM 10/6/2007, Don O'Neil wrote: Anyone have any resources for building a FreeBSD based SAN device? IE, how can I create an extendable file system using networked drives in muliple boxes without paying a billion dollars for someones expensive drive arrays. TIA! Well you can load FreeBSD on multiple boxes, I assume using cheap disks, then run samba on each to share some of the drives. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.