re[6]: Current Status ??

[Greg Freemyer <freemyer@NorcrossGroup.com>]

 >>  The next formal release is slated for this quarter, and we only have
 >>  about a month left, so... :)

That sounds very good to me.

 >>  > Is there a QA testing write-up on the website?  I thought I had seen a
 >>  link to that effect, but now I can't find it.
 >>  >

 >>  http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/102_qa.html

I just looked at that and I have 2 questions.

1) Do you test with IDE drives and/or IDE Raid controllers.  I was thinking they might be useful in a low-end solution.  Especially now that there are IDE Hardware Raid controllers available for a reasonable price.  Some even support hot-swap capabilities.

The test server I just ordered has a IDE hardware Raid controller in it.

My hope is that it will be relatively fast, and that the Raid controller with a 1 + 0 setup will read data 4 times the speed of a single drive.

I know that IDE has problems, but I am trying to setup a low-end Samba server, so I'm hoping that it will work okay.

2) Do you do any testing with Samba?  I am going to install Mandrake 8.1 because it already has XFS and Samba with ACL support preconfigured.  

I know I will still likely want to get the latest versions of both, but it seems smart to start with a working environment.

Thanks,
Greg

 >>  -Eric

 >>  -- 
 >>  Eric Sandeen      XFS for Linux     http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
 >>  sandeen@sgi.com   SGI, Inc.

Greg Freemyer
Internet Engineer
Deployment and Integration Specialist
The Norcross Group
www.NorcrossGroup.com