From: Brice Burgess <bhb@iceburg.net>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Linux Software RAID on External Drives
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:27:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4149E91E.5090909@iceburg.net> (raw)
I'm getting rid of my desktop (* http://www.guidospaper.com/comp.html ).
It is heavy, dusty, and will be better off with a buddy of mine. I'm
going to build a mini-ITX form factor computer ( or perhaps go with a
Shuttle XPC system ). The point is; I'm aiming for a tiny silent
computer running Linux with all its perripherals attatched externally
(ie. external CDR, floppy and hard drives). I'll likely have a 20GB
internal notebook drive and slim CDROM to boot my system from. Of most
importance is my external storage unit, known as the "Barn". My "Barn"
currently consists of 2x120GB ATA drives in a Linux software RAID-1
Array. The "Barn" holds all of my projects, digital media collection,
and everything else I can't afford to loose. In the process of building
my new system, I want to expand and modularize the Barn. I think 4x160GB
IDE drives attatched to a bridgeboard of some kind and placed in a
software RAID-5 array is optimal. The external chasis will have a small
low wattage power supply unit built in to power the drives. These are my
plans.. and I've been brainstorming ideas for awhile now on how to setup
an external redundant storage unit in the most cost-effective manner.
Does anyone have experience using Linux software raid (mdtools) to
create disk arrays by linking multiple external drives together? Is it
reliable? What are the preffered busses -- USB2, IEEE 1394, Fiber, etc?
And above all, what do you think will be the most cost-effective (yet
still viable) solution?
As ever,
Brice Burgess
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