Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751263AbXBZLtK (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:49:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751262AbXBZLtK (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:49:10 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.168]:53245 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751263AbXBZLtI (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:49:08 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ipMTcFmS0EGT0J+iQ58XvrXQOR/QrPO4y90hKS0rhl+zOdhp9q2dETO83UkTP6lJBcb2zSoRADITQpk3pYYNNetuzH6z9KWDDtampwEYh/lzGZqrubGx6SlClqiMG7RrwzUqFonOBE55D7+UDacW+6Pt/DnBtcs9tX4gRMLTxj8= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:49:05 -0500 From: "Yakov Lerner" To: sfaibish Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] DualFS: File System with Meta-data and Data Separation Cc: "kernel list" , "piernas@ditec.um.es" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1435 Lines: 30 On 2/14/07, sfaibish wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:06:37 -0500, Sorin Faibish wrote: > > > Introducing DualFS > > > > File System developers played with the idea of separation of > > meta-data from data in file systems for a while. The idea was > > lately revived by a small group of file system enthusiasts > > from Spain (from the little known University of Murcia) and > > it is called DualFS. We believe that the separation idea > > will bring to Linux file systems great value. > > > > We see DualFS as a next-generation journaling file system which > > has the same consistency guaranties as traditional journaling > > file systems but better performance characteristics. The new file > > system puts data and meta-data on different devices (usually, two > > partitions on the same disk or different disks) Do you guys have an option of using just one partiton, and divide it into two fixed parts at mkfs-time , one part X% (for metadata) and 2nd part at (100-X)% (file file blocks) ? Would not this option be easier-to-administer choice for naive users ? Or, you do not view your FS as an option for naive users in the first place ? Yakov - 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/