Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-based 'filer' / GentooFiler How-To?

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

On 2011-05-15, Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net> wrote:
> Am 15.05.2011 05:37, schrieb Pandu Poluan:
>> On 2011-05-15, Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net> wrote:
>>> Am 14.05.2011 21:31, schrieb Pandu Poluan:
>>>> Hello list!
>>>>
>>>> Is there a how-to on how to create a 'filer' (kind of like OpenFiler)
>>>> using Gentoo?
>>>>
>>>> I really don't need many things OpenFiler provided, so I think I want
>>>> to roll-out my own 'GentooFiler'.
>>>>
>>>> Here's what I need:
>>>>   * iSCSI target
>>>>   * Replication
>>>>   * RAID 0 striping (redundancy will be handled by RAID 1 hardware)
>>>>
>>>> Here's what I don't want:
>>>>   * Web-based GUI
>>>>   * LDAP and/or AD integration
>>>>   * NAS ability (CIFS/SAMBA, NFS, etc)
>>>>
>>>> Can you point me to a how-to? Or if such howto doesn't exist yet, can
>>>> you provide me pointers on how to realize the GentooFiler?
>>>>
>>>> (If there's no howto on making a GentooFiler, I'll be glad to make one
>>>> -- but do point me to the necessary resources, please.)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>
>>>> Rgds,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>  Gentoo wiki has something on this:
>>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/ISCSI
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Florian Philipp
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hmmm... that would be a nice start, thanks!
>>
>> Now to figure out how to carry out RAID 0 Striping and Replication.
>>
>> Do you think this 'GentooFiler' thingy I'm planning is worth it to be
>> suggested in [gentoo-project] ?
>>
>> Rgds,
>>
>
> I think as long as you don't plan to provide code (except of some
> scripts, maybe), new packages or pre-packaged VMs/live-CDs/appliances, a
> wiki page will be more than enough. Maybe move it to the official Gentoo
> docs once it has matured.
>

Thanks for the guidelines. I'll experiment first. I *might* go the way
of pre-packaged VMs, though, since after all that's what I'm planning
to do (i.e., GentooFiler virtual appliance on top of XenServer).

> BTW: Please don't top-post. Put your answers below the text you are
> quoting. That makes reading longer threads easier.
>
> Regards,
> Florian Philipp
>

Yeah, sorry about that. Bad habits. When you're mobile with Symbian
smartphones, circumstances will make one acquire bad habits really
quickly :(

The *only* way I can properly bottom post like now, is to visit
Gmail's 'basic HTML' interface using Nokia's browser *sigh*.

Rgds,
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