From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:58:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.168.29]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m8N7vxZv029979 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:58:00 -0700 Received: from ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id B66C946FC80 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:59:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.57]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id slF8WwVx1jPDtHAk for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:59:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dave by disturbed with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ki2ne-0008Ar-7R for xfs@oss.sgi.com; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:59:10 +1000 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:59:10 +1000 From: Dave Chinner Subject: [RFC 0/3] Future Directions for XFS.... Message-ID: <20080923075910.GA5448@disturbed> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: xfs@oss.sgi.com Folks, I'm about to post a set of three documents that I was in the process of writing while working on contract for Agami Systems. I have managed to get them extracted from the corpse of Agami so that the concepts and thoughts are not lost. The documents encompass three different areas of interest - the inode subsystem, journalling and reliability - and try to encompass all the concepts and ideas that had either been used to solve problems or were considered the way forward to solve further issues that were being seen. I'm hoping that these documents will go a long way to defining the future direction and development plan for the XFS community. At minimum I am hoping that these documents will foster an amount of discussion and provide tasks for anyone who wants to contribute to XFS. I intend to keep the documents up to date according to the discussion that occurs so that they can form reference documentation when it comes to implementing various features. Suggestions on the best place to host these documents are welcome.... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com