Thoughts -> Re: classiccmp server

[Doc Shipley]

David Holland wrote:
> Not classic software related but.. 
> 
> Theoretically, you could use Veritas Volume Manager 
> on a floppy disk, divvy it up into two plex's then
> mirror the two plex's to each other.
> 
> Oh look.. a ~700K mirrored 3.5" floppy disk.. 
> <snicker>
> 
> David
> 
> PS: Yes, now that I've thought of it, I'm definitely 
> going to have to see if I can't find a VxVM eval 
> license, and try it out here at work.   :-D 

   Got a Linux box and a USB hub?  Linux sees all USB-attached storage 
as SCSI devices, which means you should be able to partition a floppy 
disk in a USB drive.  Hang a few floppy drives off your USB hub, 
partition each disk and voila!

   Software floppy RAID.

   I think I'll get my coat.


	Doc