[Linux-cluster] Re: GFS, what's remaining

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Thu Sep 1 14:49:18 UTC 2005


On Iau, 2005-09-01 at 03:59 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> - Why the kernel needs two clustered fileystems

So delete reiserfs4, FAT, VFAT, ext2, and all the other "junk". 

> - Why GFS is better than OCFS2, or has functionality which OCFS2 cannot
>   possibly gain (or vice versa)
> 
> - Relative merits of the two offerings

You missed the important one - people actively use it and have been for
some years. Same reason with have NTFS, HPFS, and all the others. On
that alone it makes sense to include.

Alan




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