From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Stephen Perkins" Subject: RE: [linux-lvm] Core questions from a LVM neophyte... Message-ID: <004401c2e749$eb6d8f90$0c03a8c0@netmass.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <08628CA53C6CBA4ABAFB9E808A5214CB01258A6C@mercury.infiniconsys.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=SHA1; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_003F_01C2E717.A06EDF80" Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue Mar 11 08:27:01 2003 List-Id: To: linux-lvm@sistina.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003F_01C2E717.A06EDF80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, > I have built a very cool NAS box, and want to use LVM2 > on it. My machine is as follows: > > Tyan Thunder i7500 w/ 2-2.4GHz XEON processors. > 2GB RAM > 3ware Escalade 7500-12 IDE RAID controller > 12-160GB Maxtor IDE HDs > System on a separate 20GB Maxtor HD > Floppy, slimline CDROM, and a DVDRW drive. > All in a 12-bay chassis from > http://www.rackmountpro.com/productpage.cfm?> prodid=1460 > > This > config gives me 1.8TB of RAID 5 for under > $8K - not too shabby. This is a superb value and I'm very interested in your proposed "how-to" site. I am wanting to deploy some larger virtualized storage in a mixed Linux/W2K environment. Is anybody out there exporting virtualized volumes to Win2K boxes? If so, how? I checked HyperSCSI and they do not appear to have a Win2K client (although a beta is supposed to be coming soon). I have not yet found target information for Linux along with a known interoperable Win2K initiator. Anybody doing it? Disk performance is not so much an issue for me since the disk arrays will be replacing large tape libraries. Even with pathetic performance, they should behave much faster than large AIT libraries. Question 1: Is it possible today to: Have a large IDE RAID5 array that is virtualized through LVM and then exported to a Dynamic Disk on Win2K over a LAN (not necessarily WAN)? I believe iSCSI and HyperSCSI would both work... However I have not found the approporiate interoperable software drivers. Question 2: The system that is described above is a linux system with direct attached storage. It is a SPOF. Any inexpensive solutions that would allow the Linux portion to be clustered for active/pasive failover? Is FC the only alternative here? 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