[Evms-devel] inux Software RAID

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Greetings,

My name is Sam Hopkins and I'm with a small storage startup
in Athens, GA.  We've developed a simple, clever device we
call an EtherDrive, which is basically a laptop ATA drive
attached to the ethernet network.  Because of its size and power
consumption, we can get 1.04TB in 2U rack space, all using
only 150W of power.  We accomplish block addressable
storage using an open protocol we've designed called AoE,
for ATA over Ethernet.  Our first system implementation 
utilizing the EtherDrive is in Linux.  I currently have a 
driver that represents EtherDrives as locally attached disks.

I don't believe it would be hubristic to think people
will like the simplicity offered by our solution.  The next
logical step, however, is to get software raid on linux 
solid to permit a turnkey raid solution (not that I'm concerned
about making a product of it, but we'll sell more EtherDrives
if the stability of a standard software raid solution is well known).
If anyone could e-mail me privately to discuss the status, history, 
roadmap, etc. of evms, I'ld be very appreciative.  I'ld rather not 
spend the next 6 months rewriting stuff you guys have already done. ;)

I need to determine (in a rather short time span) whether we should
recommend evms to our clients or suggest they stick to the old md
stuff.

Any and all help appreciated!

Cheers,

Sam Hopkins
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