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Hello. I've lightly read the documentation, and have a few questions (assume all servers are FreeBSD): - Can coda do single server hard-disk replication (mirroring)? Assume one server S, with three disks A, B, C and N volumes. Let disk A be used for the operating system, configuration, and other items. Let disk B and C be the same size and used for data storage. Question: Can I replicate the N volumes across both disk A and B so that if a disk goes down I'm still OK? What if I use two server processes? If Coda doesn't do single server replication (previous quesiton) will it work with Vinum for RAID/MIRRORING? If I use Coda+Vinum will performance really suffer? - Can I distribute the volumes in a non-symmetric manner? Assume three servers A, B, C and three volumes X,Y,Z. Is a topolgy like the following allowed: A holds X, Y B holds Y C holds Z, X - Does coda allow for SSL tunneling between the clients and the servers (and between the servers)? Does this have to be external to Coda or is/can it be incorporated easily? - How is performance? Would a ton of little files or a few big files really slow things down? Can Coda support tens-of-thousands of volumes, each about 10M-50M? - Can volumes be dynamically resized and given size restrictions? Can volumes be added/deleted/moved between servers easily? Sorry to be so stupid... these seemed like questions that would be nice to have answered but didn't jump out at me, so I apologise in advance for missing them. Thanks! ClarkReceived on 2002-03-31 18:30:19