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From: aad@nwnet.net (Anthony D'Atri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Striping/Spanning Software for use with INN?
Date: 11 Jul 1996 11:44:45 -0700
Organization: NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, USA, Earth
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>I am setting up a server for a full newsfeed, and remember hearing about
>software that would allow me to stripe/span multiple drives to create
>a virtual news filesystem.  Unfortunately, I can't remember or find the
>name of it.  

>Can anyone point me to it, or suggest a better alternative?

With 2.1 BSDI finally shipped a striping driver, though it's the crufty old
Utah "cd" one, and undocumented.  I placed some instructions for using it
at http://www.nwnet.net/technical/bsdistripe.html.