Re: (reiserfs) Re: LVM / Filesystems / High availability

Michael Marxmeier (mike@msede.com)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 20:34:17 +0200

Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> Is there really any overwhelming
> justification for needing extra device-level support for this
> functionality? Given that we _need_ filesystem support, my own
> reaction is that splitting the support between fs and block
> device just complicates the matter; it's better just to do it
> in one place.

I don't think the fs code should deal with RAID or HA functionality.
So having different levels (with some defined interfaces) is
probably the cleanest solution.

Michael

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