[SATLUG] Software RAID over USB 2.0

[David Kowis]

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Sean Carolan wrote:
>> RAID5 is very processor intensive. it's got to calculate Parity data for
>> every write. If your CPU on that nslu2 can do it. Go for it, but I'm not
>> sure an embedded cpu can do that very well... It may still be faster
>> than the network interface IO, at which point you're okay, I think....
> 
> I might end up getting something with an on-board raid controller, or
> upgrade to a kurobox or something similar.  The nlsu2 is a trooper - I
> have it rsyncing about 30-40 Gb of backups on two clients with
> BackupPC (backuppc.sf.net).  It's slow, but seems reliable with the
> latest Debian etch kernel.

Rsync is far less CPU intensive than RAID5 ;)

That being said, I wish I had one of those anyway, I'd make it network
storage and use amazon's S3 stuff for offsite backups. :)


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