Fileserver with FBSD?

2006-03-03 Thread Huy Ton That
I am curious if I setup a fileserver with freebsd, and let's say, I setup 4 HDDs within the unit. Is it possible to have one network link if you will, that will span over the 4 drives? Sort of like a clustered space? Is something such as this at all possible? Could I additionally setup

Re: Fileserver with FBSD?

2006-03-03 Thread John Cruz
Huy Ton That wrote: I am curious if I setup a fileserver with freebsd, and let's say, I setup 4 HDDs within the unit. Is it possible to have one network link if you will, that will span over the 4 drives? Sort of like a clustered space? Is something such as this at all possible? Could I

Re: Fileserver with FBSD?

2006-03-03 Thread Derek Ragona
Sure there is no reason you cannot. Check the compatible hardware list before you buy to make sure you have proper hardware to run FreeBSD. -Derek At 03:00 PM 3/3/2006, Huy Ton That wrote: I am curious if I setup a fileserver with freebsd, and let's say, I setup 4 HDDs within the

Re: Fileserver with FBSD?

2006-03-03 Thread Ian Lord
that will span over the 4 drives? Sort of like a clustered space? I guess you mean you want to merge all hard drive space is if it was a single hd... In this case, you can either mount all the drives in your shared directory, or if you really want a single virtual hard drive, you can

Re: Fileserver with FBSD?

2006-03-03 Thread Huy Ton That
Thanks all, I was looking for the merge solution; I appreciate your feedback :) On 3/3/06, Ian Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that will span over the 4 drives? Sort of like a clustered space? I guess you mean you want to merge all hard drive space is if it was a single hd... In this

Re: Fileserver with FBSD?

2006-03-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
On 3/3/06, Ian Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that will span over the 4 drives? Sort of like a clustered space? I guess you mean you want to merge all hard drive space is if it was a single hd... In this case, you can either mount all the drives in your shared directory, or if you