i plan to update the XFS FAQ till weekend - will add all this too
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"Pasch, Thomas (ACTGRO)" <extern.thomas.pasch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> Q: Does XFS run with the linux software RAID md driver?
> Nobody has tested it so far but expect it not to work like for all the other
> journaling filesystems due to internal buffer locking problems I think. If
> anyone tries this - please let me know. Also keep in mind - if you want to
> try it - also the md driver will definitely not work with the kiobuf option
> enabled.
> This is wrong. ReiserFS is doing this perfectly on my system for some months
> now.
> But you must use the raid implementation 0.9 (raidtools-0.9) to do. So the
> question comes up again: Does XFS run with the linux software RAID?
> What about nfs?
> There are some problems with new filesystems and nfs in linux
> (see discussion on http://lwn.net/2001/0222/kernel.php3
> for details). So: is XFS supporting NFS (or better vice versa).
> Best regards,
> Thomas
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