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    USB floppy disk striped raid under OS http://ohlssonvox.8k.com/fdd_raid.htm



  • #2
    LOL
    Lawrence

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    • #3
      Hmm... is this hi tech or lo tech (or ghetto)?
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      • #4
        Actually, If memory serves, I think the first proof-of-concept RAID array was a bunch of floppy drives.
        Hey, Donny! We got us a German who wants to die for his country... Oblige him. - Lt. Aldo Raine

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        • #5
          yes, that sounds familiar. (proof of RAID)

          I have also seen tape drive RAID....for backing up BIG data sets with no tape swapping.

          and cd rom raid,....was used for some kind web server application.

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          • #6
            now that would be supurb for a ppt demonstration .. flawless
            "They say that dreams are real only as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?"

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Marshmallowman
              yes, that sounds familiar. (proof of RAID)

              I have also seen tape drive RAID....for backing up BIG data sets with no tape swapping.

              and cd rom raid,....was used for some kind web server application.
              ..................and I have also seen dorm-raids to have quicker access to free alcohol while I was a student....
              Lawrence

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              • #8
                The page cannot be displayed
                According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

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                • #9
                  GURU - you too?
                  Lawrence

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by LvR
                    GURU - you too?
                    Yes but now its working!
                    According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

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                    • #11
                      no problem accesing the page over here
                      Some people obviously has to much time :P

                      If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

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                      • #12
                        Hehe, nice. I actually used to jest about FDD RAID years ago. I just don't understand why he got so much LOSS. I mean his array was less then the capacity of 3 of the disks, yet it was FIVE disks. WTF?

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                        • #13
                          Its most likely running on FAT8, and as we all know FAT16 was already inefficient - what else did you expect from a "transparent blue computer"...................
                          Lawrence

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                          • #14
                            he may have been running raid 5 which has redundancy and is not simple striping.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Marshmallowman
                              he may have been running raid 5 which has redundancy and is not simple striping.
                              That's his point. Raid 5 costs you the capacity of one disk to store the parity information, but this guy's array was much smaller than it should've been, given the number of disks.

                              He has 5 disks, so his array should be

                              1.44MB X 5 - 1.44MB = 5.76MB

                              but his mounted drive was only 3.9MB. Where did the other 1.86 MB go?

                              Edit: even if you use formatted capacity, 1.38MB per disk, it's still missing a pile of space.
                              Last edited by agallag; 8 April 2003, 21:10.
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