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From: Roman Mamedov <rm@romanrm.net>
To: Anshuman Aggarwal <anshuman.aggarwal@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Split RAID: Proposal for archival RAID using incremental batch checksum
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:32:35 +0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141029123235.56910b68@natsu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK-d5dbdF160hoa1==jWxEQZRpwQ7Sa76=9MREmp2V6Y24U8Kw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:45:34 +0530
Anshuman Aggarwal <anshuman.aggarwal@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm outlining below a proposal for a RAID device mapper virtual block
> device for the kernel which adds "split raid" functionality on an
> incremental batch basis for a home media server/archived content which
> is rarely accessed.

> Existing solutions considered:

Some of the already-available "home media server" setup schemes you did not
mention:

http://linuxconfig.org/prouhd-raid-for-the-end-user
a smart way of managing MD RAID given multiple devices of various sizes;

http://louwrentius.com/building-a-raid-6-array-of-mixed-drives.html
what to do with a set of mixed-size drives, in simpler terms;

https://romanrm.net/mhddfs
File-level "concatenation" of disks, with smart distribution of new files;

-- 
With respect,
Roman

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-29  7:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-29  7:15 Split RAID: Proposal for archival RAID using incremental batch checksum Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-10-29  7:32 ` Roman Mamedov [this message]
2014-10-29  8:31   ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-10-29  9:05 ` NeilBrown
2014-10-29  9:25   ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-10-29 19:27     ` Ethan Wilson
2014-10-30 14:57       ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-10-30 17:25         ` Piergiorgio Sartor
2014-10-31 11:05           ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-10-31 14:25             ` Matt Garman
2014-11-01 12:55             ` Piergiorgio Sartor
2014-11-06  2:29               ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-10-30 15:00     ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-11-03  5:52       ` NeilBrown
2014-11-03 18:04         ` Piergiorgio Sartor
2014-11-06  2:24         ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-11-24  7:29         ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-11-24 22:50           ` NeilBrown
2014-11-26  6:24             ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-12-01 16:00               ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-12-01 16:34                 ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-12-01 21:46                   ` NeilBrown
2014-12-02 11:56                     ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-12-16 16:25                       ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2014-12-16 21:49                         ` NeilBrown
2014-12-17  6:40                           ` Anshuman Aggarwal
2015-01-06 11:40                             ` Anshuman Aggarwal
     [not found] ` <CAJvUf-BktH_E6jb5d94VuMVEBf_Be4i_8u_kBYU52Df1cu0gmg@mail.gmail.com>
2014-11-01  5:36   ` Anshuman Aggarwal

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