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Date:      Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:16:55 +0200
From:      pbdlists@pinboard.com
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.1 and NFS
Message-ID:  <20060923161655.GB43124@pinboard.com>
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On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 04:12:03PM -0700, Perry Hutchison wrote:
> 
> File locking works reasonably well within a single "system" (defined
> as a combination of hardware and software that all crashes together
> :)  I doubt anyone will ever get it to work all that well when the
> locks must be shared across a larger entity.

Not yet extensive 'real-world-usage-experience' but from what I have
learnt and seen myself, DLM (Distributed Lock Manager) coming with
GFS v6.1 (Global File System) does quite a nice job. However, it is
not NFS and requries quite a bit more pocket money to setup as a SAN
is required (unless you use iSCSI served off a spare box...). So
building a reliable lock manager over multiple systems can be done.

Kurt



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