> From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey....@blu.org] On > Behalf Of Tom Metro > > I'm more interested in clever ways of using multiple, cheap, commodity > NAS boxes, Google-style. For example, for the same cost as that $600+ > (diskless) DIY NAS I linked to, I can get 4 of the QNAP 2-bay boxes and > maybe combine them with something like MooseFS. You get redundancy > where > some number of the boxes can go down, and it still keeps working, and > you can expand capacity by adding more boxes (if drive density increases > don't keep pace).
I think the leaders in this space are glusterfs, and ceph. But I'm sure each one has their own individual strengths and weaknesses. Among them is compatibility - I don't think you're going to get anything like this to work with windows or mac clients, or have an android or ios app. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
