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Subject: Re: [9fans] robust heterogenous home file server?
From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
Date: Thu,  9 Aug 2007 19:48:41 +0200
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>> > if you want a really cheep aoe device.  use vblade on a pair of
>> > fs(3)-mirrored sata drives.  i do that at home.
>> 
>> Yes, that's on my wish list.  And if I read the documentation
>> correctly, using two vblades would give me RAID-5 with a live spare.
> 
> fs(3) has no raid5.
> 
Yes, I realised that was the case after I mailed off :-(

>> Sadly, by the time one adds up all the necessary components, specially
>> the 1Gb network adapters, the price is still a little out of
>> home-developer range.
> 
> you can get an intel gbe adapter for $39.  you can get an rtl8169 for
> about $10.
> 
Not where I come from, at least not easily.

But it all remains firmly on my wish list.

++L