Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264282AbTICSg6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:36:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264290AbTICSgO (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:36:14 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:11213 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264282AbTICSeG (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:34:06 -0400 Subject: Re: Scaling noise From: Alan Cox To: William Lee Irwin III Cc: Larry McVoy , "Brown, Len" , Giuliano Pochini , Larry McVoy , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030903181550.GR4306@holomorphy.com> References: <20030903111934.GF10257@work.bitmover.com> <20030903180037.GP4306@holomorphy.com> <20030903180547.GD5769@work.bitmover.com> <20030903181550.GR4306@holomorphy.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1062613931.19982.26.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-4) Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 19:32:12 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 629 Lines: 13 On Mer, 2003-09-03 at 19:15, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > Independent operating system instances running under a hypervisor don't > qualify as a cache-coherent cluster that I can tell; it's merely dynamic > partitioning, which is great, but nothing to do with clustering or SMP. Now add a clusterfs and tell me the difference, other than there being a lot less sharing going on... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/