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From: "Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:19:09 +0000
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 household shared file server
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> I'm hoping I can get this configured nicely, but I'd really like to
> have a RAID server in my house for keeping important files for myself
> and my wife.

I run with a single fossil disk and a mirrored pair (from different manufacturers)
for venti which has been reliable so far. I have fossil fail twice and can now
rebuild the system (including plan9.ini etc) in a couple of hours.

I use '#k' to do the mirroring, and it works very nicely.

> I'd like to export the filesystem to windows and Mac OS X boxes, so

nfsserver will allow you to share data with the MAC, and Nigel's aquarela
should do the windows box; I have had problems with aquarela in the past,
nothing to do with the quality of the code, more the lack of development.
If you have problems with it do shout, I know the CIFS protocol pretty well
these days.

-Steve