Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965226AbWJKXY7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:24:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161199AbWJKXY7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:24:59 -0400 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:40876 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965233AbWJKXY6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:24:58 -0400 Message-ID: <452D7D1A.1020405@sgi.com> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:24:10 +1000 From: Vlad Apostolov User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Engelhardt CC: "Phetteplace, Thad (GE Healthcare, consultant)" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: GRIO in Linux XFS? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1956 Lines: 52 Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> what is the status of GRIO support in the Linux port of XFS? >> griov2 supports XFS Linux/Irix on local and cluster volumes but it is not an open source project. Please check this link for more information: http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi/0650/bks/SGI_Admin/books/GRIO2_AG/sgi_html/ch01.html > > Called realtime volume. > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFS section 2.11) > > >> Also, if the answer is 'non existent', what is the recommended >> alternative? I've got an application that needs to stream a >> huge amount of data to the harddrive without dropping any and >> without blocking the sender. We will be pushing the limits >> of our high-end raid striped disks. This seems the exactly >> the type of thing GRIO was made for, but last I heard it was >> missing from Linux XFS with no plans to add it. Any change >> in that? I know I can get almost there with I/O priorities >> and the RT features in 2.6... but its not quite the same >> thing. >> >> Apologies if this has been beat to death here or elsewhere... >> I've googled the heck out of this and rummaged around in the >> list archives (as much as this fscking corporate firewall will >> let me) with little result. I'll gladly RTFM if someone can >> point me at the right one. :-/ >> >> Feel free to CC me on replies, as I read the LKML in digest >> format. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Thad Phetteplace >> >> - >> 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/ >> >> > > -`J' > - 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/