From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:25:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from larry.melbourne.sgi.com (larry.melbourne.sgi.com [134.14.52.130]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with SMTP id k9BNOkaG004666 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:24:48 -0700 Message-ID: <452D7D1A.1020405@sgi.com> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:24:10 +1000 From: Vlad Apostolov MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: GRIO in Linux XFS? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: "Phetteplace, Thad (GE Healthcare, consultant)" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , xfs@oss.sgi.com Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> what is the status of GRIO support in the Linux port of XFS? >> griov2 supports XFS Linux/Irix on local and cluster volumes but it is not an open source project. Please check this link for more information: http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi/0650/bks/SGI_Admin/books/GRIO2_AG/sgi_html/ch01.html > > Called realtime volume. > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFS section 2.11) > > >> Also, if the answer is 'non existent', what is the recommended >> alternative? I've got an application that needs to stream a >> huge amount of data to the harddrive without dropping any and >> without blocking the sender. We will be pushing the limits >> of our high-end raid striped disks. This seems the exactly >> the type of thing GRIO was made for, but last I heard it was >> missing from Linux XFS with no plans to add it. Any change >> in that? I know I can get almost there with I/O priorities >> and the RT features in 2.6... but its not quite the same >> thing. >> >> Apologies if this has been beat to death here or elsewhere... >> I've googled the heck out of this and rummaged around in the >> list archives (as much as this fscking corporate firewall will >> let me) with little result. I'll gladly RTFM if someone can >> point me at the right one. :-/ >> >> Feel free to CC me on replies, as I read the LKML in digest >> format. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Thad Phetteplace >> >> - >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >> > > -`J' >