[Linux-cluster] DDRAID vs. GNBD+MD

[Lon Hohberger]

On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 17:21 +0000, gordan at bobich.net wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Lon Hohberger wrote:
> 
> >> On a related node, was DDRAID ever stabilised
> >
> > In fact, it's been removed from CVS:
> >
> > http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/cluster/ddraid/Attic/?cvsroot=cluster
> 
> Ouch. I don't suppose that means that there is a reasonable alternative to 
> it? I know DRBD works for providing RAID1 without cantralized storage, but 
> is there anything supported and available that can provide any other kind 
> of RAID?

Not that I'm aware of.

I think your best bet at distributed storage is a distributed cluster
file system, a la GlusterFS, Petal/Frangipani (non-Free :( ), Lustre,
etc.

-- Lon