On 2011-05-15, Florian Philipp <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 15.05.2011 05:37, schrieb Pandu Poluan: >> On 2011-05-15, Florian Philipp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Am 14.05.2011 21:31, schrieb Pandu Poluan: >>>> Hello list! >>>> >>>> Is there a how-to on how to create a 'filer' (kind of like OpenFiler) >>>> using Gentoo? >>>> >>>> I really don't need many things OpenFiler provided, so I think I want >>>> to roll-out my own 'GentooFiler'. >>>> >>>> Here's what I need: >>>> * iSCSI target >>>> * Replication >>>> * RAID 0 striping (redundancy will be handled by RAID 1 hardware) >>>> >>>> Here's what I don't want: >>>> * Web-based GUI >>>> * LDAP and/or AD integration >>>> * NAS ability (CIFS/SAMBA, NFS, etc) >>>> >>>> Can you point me to a how-to? Or if such howto doesn't exist yet, can >>>> you provide me pointers on how to realize the GentooFiler? >>>> >>>> (If there's no howto on making a GentooFiler, I'll be glad to make one >>>> -- but do point me to the necessary resources, please.) >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance! >>>> >>>> Rgds, >>>> >>>> >>> Gentoo wiki has something on this: >>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/ISCSI >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> Florian Philipp >>> >>> >> >> >> Hmmm... that would be a nice start, thanks! >> >> Now to figure out how to carry out RAID 0 Striping and Replication. >> >> Do you think this 'GentooFiler' thingy I'm planning is worth it to be >> suggested in [gentoo-project] ? >> >> Rgds, >> > > I think as long as you don't plan to provide code (except of some > scripts, maybe), new packages or pre-packaged VMs/live-CDs/appliances, a > wiki page will be more than enough. Maybe move it to the official Gentoo > docs once it has matured. >
Thanks for the guidelines. I'll experiment first. I *might* go the way of pre-packaged VMs, though, since after all that's what I'm planning to do (i.e., GentooFiler virtual appliance on top of XenServer). > BTW: Please don't top-post. Put your answers below the text you are > quoting. That makes reading longer threads easier. > > Regards, > Florian Philipp > Yeah, sorry about that. Bad habits. When you're mobile with Symbian smartphones, circumstances will make one acquire bad habits really quickly :( The *only* way I can properly bottom post like now, is to visit Gmail's 'basic HTML' interface using Nokia's browser *sigh*. Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/
