I found this: FlexRAID
Appears to be similiar to unRAID. There does not seem to be any mention of a drive limit (versus unRAID's 3 for the free version and 16 for paid).
Anyone tried flexraid?
EDIT: Found this at AVSForums
Quote:
Appears to be similiar to unRAID. There does not seem to be any mention of a drive limit (versus unRAID's 3 for the free version and 16 for paid).
Anyone tried flexraid?
EDIT: Found this at AVSForums
Quote:
| Similarities between FlexRaid and unRAID: N+1 parity protection able to use HDDs of various sizes easy expand array and / or parity disc loss of 2 disks won't destroy entire array (this suggests FlexRaid isn't striping data) HDDs sleep when not in use FlexRaid pros vs. unRAID: free (but not explicitly freeware or open source; license is less than bare bones) flexibility on host OS flexibility on host hardware more amenable to application / server consolidation (eliminates much of the unRAID customization activity) create parity for data (discs, partitions, folders, files) that lives virtually anywhere (including remote data) unlimited number of data drives for a single parity drive parity may be spread across multiple drives unlimited number of parity configurations data integrity capabilities multi-threaded FlexRaid cons vs. unRAID: immature product (still on v1.0 RC1) limit of one protected data path per hard drive to maintain protection from hard-drive failure (data "unit of risk" capability promised in future to facilitate multiple protected data paths per hard drive) doesn't automatically re-compute parity after file modification or deletion (i.e., snap-shot RAID) currently command line management (GUI and web promised in future) virtually no documentation lack of current user community FlexRaid unknowns: 32 vs. 64 bit OS compatibility ==> confirmed compatible on 32 and 64 bit systems which Linux flavors supported? ==> all supported...tested on Ubuntu data presented as single volume vs. shares vs. individual disks ==> governed by OS write speed ==> dependant on system configuration...not limited by FlexRAID ease of array expansion (new data and / or parity disk) ==> very easy security HDD sleep capabilities ==> governed by OS product support ==> so far so good resource utilization ==> much better in v1.0 RC3 system requirements speed of product maturation ==> so far so good |
