From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: GFS, what's remainingh Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 01:55:03 -0500 Message-ID: <200509060155.04685.dtor_core@ameritech.net> References: <20050901104620.GA22482@redhat.com> <200509060005.59578.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <200509060248.47433.phillips@istop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Lars Marowsky-Bree , Andi Kleen , linux clustering , akpm@osdl.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Daniel Phillips In-Reply-To: <200509060248.47433.phillips@istop.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 06 September 2005 01:48, Daniel Phillips wrote: > On Tuesday 06 September 2005 01:05, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > do you think it is a bit premature to dismiss something even without > > ever seeing the code? > > You told me you are using a dlm for a single-node application, is there > anything more I need to know? > I would still like to know why you consider it a "sin". On OpenVMS it is fast, provides a way of cleaning up and does not introduce single point of failure as it is the case with a daemon. And if we ever want to spread the load between 2 boxes we easily can do it. Why would I not want to use it? -- Dmitry