You can do md (software) RAID without anything special, since it's a SCSI device. There are RAID enclosures that talk FW, but appear to do only RAID 0 (striping) or 1 (mirroring).
FW for non-Mac platforms is still really new. I imagine it's only a matter of time before these enclosures offer the same features as their SCSI counterparts. Google finds the following, most are for Mac sites but a few do advertise "UNIX" support: http://www.firewiredirect.com/firewire/products/RAID_V.shtml http://www.macally.com/new/new_babyarenafw.html http://www.cwol.com/firewire-drives/firewire-raid.htm -Mark On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 05:19:57PM -0500, Paul Lussier wrote: > In a message dated: 23 Mar 2002 16:27:54 EST > Mark Komarinski said: > > >In the end, FW is a pretty nice way to expand the storage of your system > >without requiring a reboot (if you already have the drivers), not have > >to pay for SCSI prices, and not fool around with IDE drives. The cost > >to entry is pretty low (cards run from $39-$99, 60G drive for $229) and > >the performance is adequate and hopefully improving. > > Can you use these devices in a RAID and/or LVM configuration? > > I can definitely see this slowing things down a little, but for > something like storing ISOs or mirroring kernel.org etc. it would be > nice :) > -- > > Seeya, > Paul > ---- > It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing, > but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away. > > If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! > > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
