Bug Hunter wrote:
>
> I believe the md driver enables fairly much what you want. It
> "bridges" drives together to allow concatenation of drives under a
> directory. It is part of the RAID package.
The only drawback to this sort of thing (raid striping,
concatenation,
etc) is that it adds another layer of sophistication and
complexity.
If you have concatenated drives, and the raid package sofware dies
for some reason, you may end up with a system that cannot even be
mounted single-user or booted.
I am not saying that this cannot be configured around, but it adds
a learning curve, and another program to administer. Frankly, in
an office environment where workers depend on having their files
and programs available day in and day out, reliability and ease
of use take precedence. The Raid solution is viable, but it does
add a layer of administration.
The so-called-administrator in this case is a person that is not
yet very Linux experienced and whose time may be best spent in
doing other office work or running a business rather than spending
days or hours trying to figure out some obscure or arcane piece
of software of dubious reliability.
For this reason I suggested either X windows terminals (diskless
if possible), or the Snap! Server which will save the person some
time rather than add another burden.
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