Well, that's is a possibility, but seems a bit of a hack to me... The SAN device would be interfaces to another FreeBSD box so there's no need for Samba... what I'm looking for is a way to extend 1 file system to an infinite size by adding additional devices/network boxes, like what is available from HP and the bigger players, based on a journaled file system. Multiple disks basically added together like RAID, but in a software/hardware setup to create one large volume (and single file system). 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
