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Date:      Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:30:35 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mount the same filesystem read-only on multiple boxes, and read-write on one ?
Message-ID:  <20020201122950.C9956-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020201195701.F21826@FreeBSD.org>

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On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Jesper Skriver wrote:

> I was wondering if it would be possible to mount the same filesystem
> (over fiberchannel) read-only on multiple boxes, while at the same time
> it would be mounted read-write on a single box which write updates to
> the files.

I think some work would be needed to disable caching for the RO
filesystem.  It couldn't cache anything since it could change out from
under it ...

Also, most SANs don't let you export a volume to multiple systems.

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org


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