--- Mithun Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have this brewing in my head for quite sometime > and was wondering > whether anyone was ready to try it out. I currently > cant due to lack of > resources but if it works you could probably earn > some glory/money > whatever. > > Basically I am looking at a Linux based NAS > solution. Unless I am > mistaken most NAS systems are costing 5-6 times the > cost of the > hardware involved. > > If my understanding is correct a simple NAS is: > 1. A storage space available over the network > 2. Fault tolerant > 3. Expandable > 4. Transparent > 5. Compatible across OSes > > The way I see it is I need the following to get it > going > 1. Gigabit network > 2. RAID 1/5 > 3. LVM > 4. RAID and LVM can be configured to handle hot swap > 5. Share disk space using NFS/SAMBA > > Of course it runs Linux or I wouldn't be talking > here. There are two > things currently lacking off the shelf. > > 1. A cabinet to hold/expand hard disks at least 4 > hard disks to begin > with > 2. A web based application to manage the RAID and > LVM setup. > > I am hoping I am making sense here and would like to > solicit feedback > as to the viability and interest in trying out the > setup. > The closest match with above characteristics is this product from adaptec - http://www.snapappliance.com/ Check it out. Of course you can build your own. Regards, --Naresh -- Naresh __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
