[aklug] Re: Combined network storage space

Christopher Howard wrote:
> I had a question... mostly out of curiosity. Is there a way that you
> can take multiple PCs and combine them (in a non-literal sense) to
> create one large network share? (Say, an smb, nfs, or ftp share.) I
> mean, not by buying some huge enterprise server system, but just using
> some 32 bit PCs, and some specialized Linux distro?
> I saw some references on the Internet to SANs and storage clusters on
> the Internet, but it tended to be above my head, not having a
> professional background in networking (beyond the simple stuff that most
> IT people know).
>
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Would this be what you have in mind?

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                                                  Doug
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Received on Thu Aug 14 20:37:50 2008