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From: Ludovic Drolez <ludovic.drolez@linbox.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RAIT device driver feasibility
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:42:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41E696F4.3070700@linbox.com> (raw)

Hello,

I'd like to know if it's easy to write a RAID like device for tapes (RAIT)...
For block devices, hooks are present in the kernel code, but for char devices, 
is there a way to implement a write function for example, which will write in 
parallel to N /dev/stX tape devices ?

RAIT already exists in Amanda, in user space, but I'd like to see a generic 
kernel RAIT driver which could be used by any backup program.

Cheers,

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Ludovic DROLEZ                              Linbox / Free&ALter Soft
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             reply	other threads:[~2005-01-13 15:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-13 15:42 Ludovic Drolez [this message]
2005-01-13 15:41 ` RAIT device driver feasibility Alan Cox
2005-01-13 17:09   ` Ludovic Drolez
2005-01-13 16:29     ` Alan Cox

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