> > in 2.1 kernels you can mak nfs a block device. raid can work with block
> > devices so if you raid5 several nfs computers one can go down, but you
> > still can go on.
>
> you probably want to use Stephen Tweedie's NBD (Network Block Device),
> which works over TCP and is such more reliable and works over bigger
> distance and larger dropped packets range. You can even have 5 disks on 5
> continents put together into a big RAID5 array. (ment to survive a
> meteorite up to the size of a few 10 miles ;) and you can loopback it
> through a crypt^H^H^H^H^Hcompression module too before sending it out to
> the net.
Sounds a lot like the "coda fs". replicated fs that supports
"disconnected mode", sort of like an advanced AFS.
dave
