I want to build a Plan9 storage server for home, so I figured this
thread might be a good place to ask. I know nothing about what
hardware to buy.
I want to use venti for permanent storage. For temporary storage that
might or might not be saved to venti, I don't know, I've been thinking
of cwfs.
You can use kfs or cwfs with venti but the usual combination is
venti with fossil, this is more of a symbiotic arrangmenet than
venti would be with the others. Cwfs contains an archival server
and a short term store like venti and fossil.
mirroring and striping is possible with cwfs's backend, or
> I want to use venti for permanent storage. For temporary storage that
> might or might not be saved to venti, I don't know, I've been thinking
> of cwfs. I've heard it's as reliable as kfs, though I never had any
> issue with any Plan9 filesystem.
Make sure you're not confusing kfs with Ken's
The host system is a Thinkpad X200s running Windows 7.
Its highest native screen resolution is 1280x800 (not sure
if I got the WXGA+ which could make that 1440x900).
I have it connected to a monitor, running on 1280x1024x32.
If I run the Plan 9 kernel in VMWare Player and choose a
vgasize of 1152x
