From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: RAID over Firewire Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:41:17 -0400 Message-ID: <44FC653D.8020600@tmr.com> References: <44EB94BE.8080907@sauce.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <44EB94BE.8080907@sauce.co.nz> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Richard Scobie Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids 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 CTO TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979