From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L4NUp-0001Bs-3g for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:32:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 00F91E03F2; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:32:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9393E03F2 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:32:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96C3164473 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:32:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.007 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.007 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.592, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Xx-Dwh2swwuu for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:31:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.148]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 325E86456D for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:31:52 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAChpKUnLO65O/2dsb2JhbADNZYJ8 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,654,1220198400"; d="scan'208";a="354372192" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.174.78]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 24 Nov 2008 07:31:33 +0900 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2ACC149084A for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:31:32 +0900 (WST) Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id IY4Wb+9hpAPv for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:31:30 +0900 (WST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D92814907E1 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:31:30 +0900 (WST) Subject: [gentoo-user] filesystems From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user List Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home in Perth! Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:31:30 +0900 Message-Id: <1227479490.26615.47.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: fe530776-2620-4b5a-8485-6a1c2cb31461 X-Archives-Hash: b537c3a2ca0eb9e3571ccbabb9ee6221 Currently I have around 3 terrabytes of storage across a number of gentoo machines (4 at the moment) - at any one time 1/2 to 1 terrabyte is unused, but mostly in scattered chunks. Some space is exported via NFS and samba for backups and shared files. What I would really like is a file system that would unify these spaces and present them to the network as storage space - ideally with redundant data storage so one or more machines can dissappear and the data is still available. AFS is not quite what I want (or maybe it is, but it doesn't seem to handle transient storage duplication) I have a memory of seeing a beast that does this in the past but cant remember what it is - any suggestions? BillK -- William Kenworthy Home in Perth!