> It seems to me that we need a general Linux solution, > especially since Linux is now being put on bigger dasd > subsystems with more and more data and sharing of data > between linux systems is becoming more desirable. > Intel, RISC, HP, Sun, and s390 can all now use shark > SCSCI. > > Wouldn't it interesting if they could share the same > /usr volume, for example. Or pass data at DASD speeds > (not TCP/IP speeds) between them. The Linux/shark > would be the common factor - the processors could be > any architecture!
GFS or GPFS might do what you want here. Also some of the work on CFS might be a good thing to look into -- if CFS were built in the kernels, you probably could use it for /usr for machines of similar processor architecture. I know GFS has a distributed lock manager that could probably be extended to handle moving the LUNs about; I need to do some work with CFS to see if it could do the same. -- db
