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Date:      Thu, 11 Apr 2002 18:17:38 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Paul English <penglish@hydro.washington.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: multiple host access
Message-ID:  <3CB635B2.E0046EE@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020411163547.B819-100000@dynamic.hydro.washington.edu>

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Paul English wrote:
> Does the freebsd filesystem (or any of the options) support multiple host
> access? I'd like to be able to connect several SCSI controllers to one
> RAID array, and have a filesystem that supports it. I've seen searching
> the archives that there was some talk of a GFS port to FreeBSD - I'm all
> for that!

Multiple access requires that the FS be able to operate on zones,
and the zone locks be mandatorily enforced, rather than advisory.

The GFS does this by running a daemon, and praying for the next
revision of the SCSI standard so it won't have to run the daemon.

Now NFS supports multiple host access...  8-).

For FreeBSD, the option is NFS.

-- Terry

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