From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Richard Scobie <richard@sauce.co.nz>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RAID over Firewire
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:41:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44FC653D.8020600@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44EB94BE.8080907@sauce.co.nz>
Richard Scobie wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience or comment regarding linux RAID over
> ieee1394?
>
> As a budget backup solution, I am considering using a pair of 500GB
> drives, each connected to a firewire 400 port, configured as a linear
> array, to which the contents of an onboard array will be rsynced weekly.
>
> In theory, throughput performance should not be an issue, but it would
> be great to hear from somone who has done this.
It should work, but I don't like it... it leaves you with a lot of
exposure between backups.
Unless your data change a lot, you might consider a good incremental
dump program to DVD or similar.
--
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
CTO TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-04 17:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-22 23:35 RAID over Firewire Richard Scobie
2006-08-22 23:35 ` Gregory Seidman
2006-08-22 23:56 ` Martin Schröder
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.56.0608230832170.6721@lion.drogon.net>
2006-08-23 21:27 ` Richard Scobie
2006-08-24 6:11 ` Gordon Henderson
[not found] ` <200608231510.26160.Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de>
2006-08-23 21:28 ` Richard Scobie
2006-08-23 21:34 ` Mike Hardy
2006-08-23 22:06 ` Richard Scobie
2006-08-24 10:27 ` Francois Barre
2006-09-04 17:41 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2006-09-04 19:48 ` Richard Scobie
2006-09-05 13:56 ` Bill Davidsen
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