Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Jun 1998 12:42:49 +0100 | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Subject | Re: (reiserfs) Re: LVM / Filesystems / High availability |
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Hi,
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998 20:34:17 +0200, Michael Marxmeier <mike@msede.com> said:
>> Is there really any overwhelming >> justification for needing extra device-level support for this >> functionality? Given that we _need_ filesystem support, my own >> reaction is that splitting the support between fs and block >> device just complicates the matter; it's better just to do it >> in one place.
> I don't think the fs code should deal with RAID or HA functionality. > So having different levels (with some defined interfaces) is > probably the cleanest solution.
Please reread my post --- I'm advocating doing RAID and striping at the block device level and resizing at the filesystem level. HA is more complex than either; both mirroring and journalling are parts of HA, and those two components obviously deserve treatment in separate areas.
--Stephen
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