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    SubjectRe: (reiserfs) Re: LVM / Filesystems / High availability
    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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