Hey guys,
I've always wondered - are there smarter ways to store/share your data then just throw them on whatever storage unit you have regardless of age, access frequency or priority?
While i have played around a lot with different physical layout/filesystems and stuff (Raid/ZFS etc pp) I still haven't found a way to store data with a little more brain behind it...
I mean o/c i can create several arrays on a Raid with different drives (slower (large) /faster (small)) and distribute my data according to my estimation; same with ZFS, together with Caching (Zil/Log) to ramp up speed - but thats all manual.
What i am looking for would be a smart storage (and i think there are these available in the $$ market but i am looking for soho/home market here) which would dynamically move data between different array types based on things like
-Last access time
-Access count
-Custom priority
And no idea what not...
So it would move the pics/movies and stuff i haven't looked at for ages onto an old/slow storage unit and keep the daily/recently/important stuff on a fast track...
Is there a system/software like that?
Thx,
Thomas
I've always wondered - are there smarter ways to store/share your data then just throw them on whatever storage unit you have regardless of age, access frequency or priority?
While i have played around a lot with different physical layout/filesystems and stuff (Raid/ZFS etc pp) I still haven't found a way to store data with a little more brain behind it...
I mean o/c i can create several arrays on a Raid with different drives (slower (large) /faster (small)) and distribute my data according to my estimation; same with ZFS, together with Caching (Zil/Log) to ramp up speed - but thats all manual.
What i am looking for would be a smart storage (and i think there are these available in the $$ market but i am looking for soho/home market here) which would dynamically move data between different array types based on things like
-Last access time
-Access count
-Custom priority
And no idea what not...
So it would move the pics/movies and stuff i haven't looked at for ages onto an old/slow storage unit and keep the daily/recently/important stuff on a fast track...
Is there a system/software like that?
Thx,
Thomas