If you can dedicate a link using iSCSI may be an option, but if by "remote" you mean over the general internet, it may be an interesting toy but the latencies will quickly be untenable for any production use. What are the original poster's requirements that NFS cannot meet? If you raid0 a slow disk and a fast disk, you end up with a (nostly) slow disk, so why even entertain the thought? - Original message - Hi, I think this is not possible with Samba as Samba will provide a NAS... On 8/3/08, Zurell, Falko <Falko.Zurell@idmedia.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I think this is not possible with Samba as Samba will provide a NAS storage > (space with filesystem etc.). For LVM you would need raw devices. So maybe > iSCSI would be an idea. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Von: linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com > An: linux-lvm@redhat.com > Gesendet: Sun Aug 03 22:35:00 2008 > Betreff: create logical volumes over remote file system > (likesamba)? > > > hi list > > after asking the question on some boards/irc channels i got the hint of > using LVM. > Since, after reading some docs, im not sure if it solves my needs im asking > here. > > I try to create some kind of RAID0 using remote storage servers. > And i think i will use Samba for this. > So the question is: is it possible to create a RAID0 using LVM over remote > Storages? > I thought of mouting the samba shares on local directories and then create > an lvm > over it and mount it in another directory. > Is this possible using LVM? > Or are there any alternatives which can solve this problem? > > thx all > > > ________________________________ > > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces. It's easy! Try it! > <http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us> > > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Eugene Vilensky evilensky@gmail.com _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
