[aklug] Re: Combined network storage space

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> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On
> Behalf Of C= hristopher Howard
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:00 PM
> To: aklug
> Subject: [aklug] Combined network storage space
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> I had a question... mostly out of curiosity. Is there a way that
> you=20 can take multiple PCs and combine them (in a non-literal
> sense) to=20 create one large network share? (Say, an smb, nfs, or
> ftp share.) I=20 mean, not by buying some huge enterprise server
> system, but just using=20 some 32 bit PCs, and some specialized Linux
> distro? I saw some references on the Internet to SANs and storage
> clusters on=20 the Internet, but it tended to be above my head, not
> having a=20 professional background in networking (beyond the simple
> stuff that most=20 IT people know).
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Lustre should work for that.
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Received on Fri Aug 15 00:52:21 2008