Hello. I've lightly read the documentation, and have a
few questions (assume all servers are FreeBSD):
- Can coda do single server hard-disk replication (mirroring)?
Assume one server S, with three disks A, B, C and N
volumes. Let disk A be used for the operating system,
configuration, and other items. Let disk B and C be
the same size and used for data storage.
Question: Can I replicate the N volumes across both
disk A and B so that if a disk goes down I'm still OK?
What if I use two server processes?
If Coda doesn't do single server replication (previous
quesiton) will it work with Vinum for RAID/MIRRORING?
If I use Coda+Vinum will performance really suffer?
- Can I distribute the volumes in a non-symmetric manner?
Assume three servers A, B, C and three volumes X,Y,Z.
Is a topolgy like the following allowed:
A holds X, Y
B holds Y
C holds Z, X
- Does coda allow for SSL tunneling between the clients and
the servers (and between the servers)? Does this have to
be external to Coda or is/can it be incorporated easily?
- How is performance? Would a ton of little files or a few
big files really slow things down? Can Coda support
tens-of-thousands of volumes, each about 10M-50M?
- Can volumes be dynamically resized and given size restrictions?
Can volumes be added/deleted/moved between servers easily?
Sorry to be so stupid... these seemed like questions that would be
nice to have answered but didn't jump out at me, so I apologise in
advance for missing them.
Thanks!
Clark
