Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:59:49 -0600 | From | Larry Butler <> | Subject | Re: A file system like Digital's AdvFS |
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Michael Marxmeier wrote: > > Hello Larry. > > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > You might want to have a look at the Linux LVM code. While > it does not implement a file system (it provides resizable, > extend mapped block devices) it should be somewhat similar. > > http://linux.msede.com/lvm/
I've seen it. It's very cool, but it doesn't allow you to resize a file system, replace a disk, etc. while the files are being used. Also, with LVM it is very difficult (I think) to reduce the allocated space of a file system.
-Larry
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