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Re: FAQ - Update and (new) question

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Subject: Re: FAQ - Update and (new) question
From: Thomas Graichen <news-innominate.list.sgi.xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 7 Mar 2001 23:25:41 GMT
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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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