The point is I can now very easily build a Linux-based RAID stack that works with my Macs over Firewire: Kernel-Firewire-Target:0:1->/home/disks/image00.dd & i

The point is I can now very easily build a Linux-based RAID stack that works with my Macs over Firewire: Kernel-Firewire-Target:0:1->/home/disks/image00.dd & image01.dd &image02.dd &etc. Build a big Linux box with much SSD and other slower disks, wire up a light Mac farm to it with Firewire, point each node to a relevant loop file on some path, and managed storage networks are a cinch.