[clue-tech] Create virtual partition from free disk space on multiple networked machines

[Shawn Perry]

This information will point you in the right direction.

http://www.howtoforge.com/low-cost-san

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Keith Christian
<keith1christian at gmail.com> wrote:
> Suppose a user needs 1 gb of space.  At his disposal are several
> networked Linux and/or Unix machines with their own disks.  The user
> is familiar with NFS, but needs a way to combine free space scattered
> across these networked disks into one 1 gb contiguous virtual
> partition.
>
> Is there any Linux or Unix open source software (probably based on
> NFS) to accomplish this today?  We of course have RAID to combine
> disks on the same machine, but I couldn't find anything to combine a
> few hundred megs here and there into a unified disk partition to
> present to an OS for storage purposes.  Maybe I'm thinking of an open
> source SAN....?
>
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