From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lares Moreau Subject: Re: Incite into reiser5? Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:42:28 -0600 Message-ID: <1125700948.9551.5.camel@jove> References: <1125596442.5207.11.camel@jove> <1125685758.9150.8.camel@jove> <43189B26.2030602@slaphack.com> <873bonuurh.fsf@evinrude.uhoreg.ca> <4318AB3B.1090204@slaphack.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <4318AB3B.1090204@slaphack.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: David Masover Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 14:42 -0500, David Masover wrote: > Hubert Chan wrote: > > On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:34:14 -0500, David Masover said: > > > > > >>Lares Moreau wrote: > >> > >>>I'm looking into it because I am looking into doing a masters > >>>focusing on distributed file systems. There was a mention of reiser5 > >>>being distributed. > >>>I'm intruiged by the plugin system of reiser4, and I am looking into > >>>generating a distributed plugin. > > > > > > That would be great if you could get something implemented. I think > > that Linux needs a good distributed filesystem. > > It has one. It's called Lustre. > > What Linux needs is good, distributed filesystem that runs on the 2.6 > kernel, without users having to pay licensing fees. > > My Masters is going in a different direction. My research has to do with continuous fs operation even with server disconnects and weak connections. I Have looked into Coda fs however that system requires major reworking to impliment my theories. I like the plugins.