Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:53:16 +0100 |
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On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 21:37 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:26:32 +1100 > > > Is it really worth all the added complexity of making swap > > over NFS files work, given that you could use a network block > > device instead? > > Don't be misled. Swapping over NFS is just a scarecrow for the > seemingly real impetus behind these changes which is network storage > stuff like iSCSI.
Not quite, yes, iSCSI is also on the 'want' list of quite a few people, but swap over NFS on its own is also a feature of great demand. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |