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Distributed Data Storage on a LAN?
AgentSmith2 asks: "I have 8 computers at my house on a LAN. I make backups of important files, but not very often. If I could create a virtual RAID by storing data on multiple disks on my network I could protect myself from the most common form on data failure - a disk crash. I am looking for a solution that will let me mount the distributed storage as a shared drive on my Windows and Linux computers. Then when data is written, it is redundantly stored on all the machines that I have designated as my virtual RAID. And if I loose one of the disks that comprise the raid, the image would automatically reconstruct itself when I add a replacement system to the virtual RAID. Basically, I'm looking to emulate the features of hi-end RAIDS, but with multiple PCs instead of multiple disks within a single RAID subsystem. Is there any existing technologies that will let me do this?"
At least you are following the path boldly forged
by our fearful LOSER - G. W. Bush
Try a search at Google
Cheers,
Kilgore
Or perhaps *you* could learn to read.
The poster clearly states he is trying to protect against a disk crash.
In fact *jackass* - reread his post. It does NOT say he is looking for backups (he says he does that separately), but simply a mechanism for redundant storage of data - network raid.
Fucking jackass illiterate fool.
Here's how
I've since stopped using OS/2, and haven't found any replacement that works as good as that did. (Honestly, I haven't looked too hard in recent years.) Sometimes I think about bringing an os/2 box back just for tvfs.
How is this news?