On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:19 PM, David Gates <dgates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. > > I've been tinkering with the Linux NDAS driver. > The competition for this storage system in the x86 world are Coraid's AOE > and Linux' NBD. > They are essentially the same idea, connecting computers to the block device > on the LAN. > > NDAS seems to work fine, on my Fedora desktops, and on the ARM units I have > tested: pogoplug, sheevaplug and seagate goflex. > They are running a BusyBox version though. I have not yet installed fedora > on the plug to test it though. > > I am wondering if there is any future using it with ARM networks. > I don't see much talk about using this type of storage applications on this > and some other ARM lists that I joined. > > I am working on the web scripts working that allow connecting the storage as > a typical drive from my sheevaplug, but it looks like there is no big market > now. So I am asking what users here think of this. > > At first, AMAHI.org released a Fedora based plug version with Greyhole > storage pooling by default. I was thinking it might be a good idea as a low > cost, high capacity system if the plugs were to pool several of the NetDISKs > together. > > Shall I continue my experiments? > > Do you think the growing power of ARM boards will lead to simply building in > HD and such? > > Can you see this kind of scale out connectivity in the future of ARM > computers, using several block devices on LAN as a storage for lots of ARMs > doing background storage and service? > > Has anyone done multiple ARM computers connecting to a block device for > central storage using a Global File System or Greyhole? If it's possible on x86, whether it be client or server, it's possible on ARM. Peter _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
