Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 17:18:53 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Marc Nicholas <marc@hippocampus.net> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A little off topic... Message-ID: <199809011718.RAA02171@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Sep 1998 19:53:09 -0400." <Pine.BSF.3.95.980901195150.16612E-100000@neuron.hippocampus.net>
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> Sorry that this is a little off topic, but it does relate to a PicoBSD > project I'm working on :-) > > Anyone know of a software RAID-5 solution for FreeBSD? Pref. something > that has source code under a BSD-style license...but commercial offerings > could be an option. > > Yes, I know I could use a hardware solution :-p But I need some more > flexibility and don't really want to write one from scratch. The first question is "why do you think you need RAID-5"? The second one is "why do you want it in software?" You might be able to license the Vinum RAID-5 module from Cybernet Systems when it's available; you should talk initially with Greg Lehey (grog@freebsd.org) about this to guage the likelihood of such a license being viable. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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