In article <358E5A5D.CA854A04@vadim.gem.net>, "Vadim E. Kogan"
<vadim@vadim.gem.net> writes:
> I see some problems in current setup. The problem is that raid0/1/5
> provide protection from disk failures, not from crash or unclean
> shutdown. With Journaling FS, that knows how to use multiple devices,
> it's possible to archieve all 3 - speed, protection from disk failures
> and protection from crash/unclead shutdown. As you understand, all 3
> are important.
Yes. 2.3 will definitely get ext2 journaling.
>> Absolutely. In fact, I'm beginning to think that linux-2.4 should
>> actually be numbered 3.0, with "Enterprise Scalability" being the big
>> thing for the new version number. The main thing needed for that over
>> and above what's already been described is more scalable SMP.
> Linux will have to include many more functions before it'll be usefull
> for "Enterprise" level. Some of these functions are already developed
> and live separately, some are being developed now and aren't in usable
> stage yet, some are not even started.
What functions do you think are missing? If you compare the Linux
kernel right now with what is in NT, then all of the things which NT
calls Enterprise Level are mostly already in Linux, and 2.4 will almost
certainly be a match for NT on all accounts. SMP performance (more fine
grained locking in several places), filesystem performance
(journalling/btrees) and overcoming the current device restrictions for
things like SCSI and ttys are all expected for 2.3.
The fact is that a lot of people think of NT in terms of Enterprise
level functionality, and if we have the same level of performance and
functionality on Linux then we'd be crazy not to let people know about
it. The Linux kernel is really maturing quite remarkably; most of the
interesting problems left for Linux in the enterprise and on the desktop
are in user space. The only really big thing left is likely to be HA
clustering, as in MS's Wolfpack, but then NT server doesn't give you
that by default anyway.
--Stephen
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