Coda File System

Re: can coda imitate a raw block device?

From: Jan Harkes <jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:50:56 -0500
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:49:04PM -0500, Jonathan Higgins wrote:
> while setting up a Linux cluster, the procedure is asking me to provide
> 2 raw block devices that are shared between each node in the cluster..
> ie /dev/sda5..

No, Coda provides a distributed filesystem, not a distributed block
device. (different layer in the kernel)

You might want to look at things like

ENBD, http://www.it.uc3m.es/ptb/enbd/
GPFS, http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/clusters/software/gpfs.html

Jan
Received on 2004-01-28 14:52:24