graid5 patch

[Xin LI]

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Jason Hitt wrote:
> I'm working on replacing my aging fileserver and have set my sights on
> using graid5 (based on my past usage of the system).  Unfortunately, i'm
> coming up quite short in terms of actually finding this module, even as
> a patch!
> 
> My questions:
>    1) Can someone post a link to the existing source (preferably all
> three versions, "classic", "TNG", and "PP")
>    2) Does this project have any sort of real project structure to it,
> with release cycles and/or dedicated developers?
>    3) If the answer to 2 is "yes", is there any timeline for it to be
> added to the official source tree?
> 
> Regarding 2 and 3 - if there is not an official project for this, would
> anyone else be interested in helping me set one up?  I don't have a
> massive amount of free time, but i am a developer and have a vested
> interest in seeing the project succeed, so i would be more than willing
> to at least set up a more official project page for this critical module
> and help maintain the codebase.

I think the FreeNAS project has a GEOM based RAID-5 implementation:

	http://www.freenas.org/

And here is their implementation in SVN:

http://freenas.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freenas/trunk/build/ports/geom_raid5/

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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