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. :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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