From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joel Becker Subject: Re: RFC - new raid superblock layout for md driver Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:36:54 -0800 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021121193653.GC770@nic1-pc.us.oracle.com> References: <15835.2798.613940.614361@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> <3DDBC0D9.5030904@mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DDBC0D9.5030904@mvista.com> To: Steven Dake Cc: Neil Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:05:29AM -0700, Steven Dake wrote: > per-device structure. This would allow a RAID volume to be locked to a > specific host, allowing the ability for true multihost operation. Locking to a specific host isn't the only thing to do though. Allowing multiple hosts to share the disk is quite interesting as well. Joel -- The zen have a saying: "When you learn how to listen, ANYONE can be your teacher." Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127