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Date:      Fri, 12 Apr 2002 13:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Paul English <penglish@hydro.washington.edu>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: multiple host access
Message-ID:  <20020412133119.L58932-100000@dynamic.hydro.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3CB635B2.E0046EE@mindspring.com>

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> Paul English wrote:
> > Does the freebsd filesystem (or any of the options) support multiple host
> > access? I'd like to be able to connect several SCSI controllers to one
> > RAID array, and have a filesystem that supports it. I've seen searching
> > the archives that there was some talk of a GFS port to FreeBSD - I'm all
> > for that!
>
> Multiple access requires that the FS be able to operate on zones,
> and the zone locks be mandatorily enforced, rather than advisory.
>
> The GFS does this by running a daemon, and praying for the next
> revision of the SCSI standard so it won't have to run the daemon.
>
> Now NFS supports multiple host access...  8-).
>
> For FreeBSD, the option is NFS.

Thanks Terry. I guess it is time to price out some gigabit equipment. :-)



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