> On 14.05.2002 at 06:00:13, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I discovered the disk drives can be on opposite sides of the world if you > > like, so long as you have the network capacity. > > With Gigabit Ethernet (and faster) becoming more widely available, this kind > of > facility will become more feasible. > > In the "ISP/ASP" Redbook, we mentioned the idea of using NBD (Network Block > Device) and software RAID or LVM to produce a disk mirroring facility (sort-o > f a > poor man's PPRC). In the form that it was mentioned in the book its probably > not something you'd use in anger, but I thought it fascinating that the build > ing > blocks are out there.
That's what the book talks about, and the author is serious about doing it now. The speed of the network is certainly something you have to watch. Hm Could be an alternative to NFS;-) -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
