On Tuesday September 7, nicoya@xxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > Recently I've seen a growing trend in creating very ad-hoc storage > arrays for storing large quantities of media files (videos, music, > etc). These arrays are usually initially created with a small number of > concatenated drives, say 2 or 3, but over time can easily grow to span > 6 or 8 drives as personal budgets allow. ... > > > So, am I smoking crack here? Does anyone think this would be worth > implementing? Has this already been implemented and I just haven't seen > it? I don't know if it has been implemented, though it's not known on Linux. I am planning to do something like that eventually, but not until I have written a filesystem that would make good use of it (it's planned, but work is slow). I hadn't thought of allowing drives to be different sizes. It would complicate some aspects, but it could be made to work... I guess. NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
