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Re: XFS and sw RAID ?

To: Russell Cattelan <cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: XFS and sw RAID ?
From: Thomas Graichen <graichen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:26:00 +0200 (CEST)
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Russell Cattelan wrote:

> Thomas Graichen wrote:
> 
> > just for the FAQ: did anyone try to run XFS ontop of the linux md
> > sw raid driver ? (i ask because all the other journaled fs's have
> > problems with that due to buffer cache locking issues i think -
> > does this count for XFS too ?)
> >
> 
> Well since md is the only lvm to support software raid at this point, and
> 
> it hasn't been ported up to 2.4 yet.
> I would guess the answer to that one will have to be a simple NO. :-)
> 
> I'm sure when we get to it,  there will be a new set challenges.

i'm not shure about the current state in 2.4 - but it's definitely
in there ... don't know if it is working stable now i must admit

t

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