diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 01036e2..26c0d89 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ A: Not directly. Each storage server has a single "base directory" which we term A cleaner solution would be to use LVM instead, which can combine several physical disks (or loop devices consisting of common files) to a single logical volume. This logical volume can then be mounted or symlinked to `$BASEDIR/storage`. This also is a more flexible solution because new disks can then be added seamlessly to the volume with LVM. +Another clean solution is to run three tahoe-lafs storage server processes—one for each of your three drives. That's what the Tahoe-LAFS developers would do. + **Q9: Would it make sense to not use any RAID and let Tahoe-LAFS deal with the redundancy?** A: The Allmydata grid didn't bother with RAID at all: each Tahoe-LAFS storage server node used a single spindle.