Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 01:03:27 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: "Don O'Neil" <lists@lizardhill.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, 'Derek Ragona' <derek@computinginnovations.com> Subject: RE: Building a SAN using FreeBSD Message-ID: <20071007010258.R47947@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <001801c80862$b10f8260$0800020a@mickey> References: <00a201c8085b$f23b0720$0800020a@mickey> <6.0.0.22.2.20071006161249.025449f8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <001801c80862$b10f8260$0800020a@mickey>
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> Multiple disks basically added together like RAID, but in a > software/hardware setup to create one large volume (and single file system). > man gconcat man ggated man ggatec man gmirror (could be useful) man growfs > 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 <http://www.mailscanner.info/>; MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers <http://www.transtec.co.uk/>; for > their support. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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