Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 13:57:15 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Mike Declerck <declerck@sistina.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting GFS to FreeBSD Message-ID: <200102212157.f1LLvFf28585@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20010221180210.0E90037B401@hub.freebsd.org>
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Mike Declerck wrote: > All, > > Sistina Software Inc is in the process of evaluating the effort to port the > Global File System from Linux to FreeBSD. Before someone starts harping on > the GPL let me state that Sistina is willing to have a separate license for > the *BSD community so if we could put that discussion off to a later time I > would appreciate it. > > For people who don't know about GFS you can find technical information > concerning it at -> http://www.sistina.com [With my Yahoo! hat on] Wow! The subject of GFS came up a few days ago, including the possibility of doing a port to FreeBSD ourselves if nothing else turned up. The timing of this is amazing! > What I would like to find out from the list is: > > o Is there any interest in having GFS ported to FreeBSD (I believe there is)? Count a definite Yes! from Yahoo. > o Is there a particular FreeBSD market segment that would be more open than > others in looking at a cluster/cluster FS environent (http, smtp, imap > clusters) We have a particular application in mind, but the whole SAN thing opens up a lot of possibilities in clusters, > o Is there anyone in the FreeBSD community willing to work with us (either for > pay or as an open source participant) on the port? The project has a number of people with expertise in the VFS area. > o Are there any FreeBSD enterprise entities who might be willing to fund the > port? There are a number of entities who would benefit from this. Many are used to providing support or assistance for making things happen. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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