From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QLbJi-00064l-DR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 15 May 2011 13:25:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 355A91C0D2; Sun, 15 May 2011 13:23:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E2B51C0D2 for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 13:23:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f181.google.com ([209.85.214.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QLbIN-0029lB-PG for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 15 May 2011 20:23:43 +0700 Received: by iwn38 with SMTP id 38so4460755iwn.40 for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 06:23:39 -0700 (PDT) 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 Received: by 10.42.29.201 with SMTP id s9mr3851839icc.188.1305465819508; Sun, 15 May 2011 06:23:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.227.198 with HTTP; Sun, 15 May 2011 06:23:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DCFA57E.2070506@binarywings.net> References: <4DCEE522.6010504@binarywings.net> <4DCFA57E.2070506@binarywings.net> Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 20:23:39 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-based 'filer' / GentooFiler How-To? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 02c2e2f188612c35b6c55fc039f62f8c On 2011-05-15, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 15.05.2011 05:37, schrieb Pandu Poluan: >> On 2011-05-15, Florian Philipp 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, -- Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/