Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764677AbXHNRVL (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:21:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757550AbXHNRUv (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:20:51 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:37386 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753640AbXHNRUu (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:20:50 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:20:49 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Evgeniy Polyakov cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Distributed storage. Mirroring to any number of devices. In-Reply-To: <20070814162918.GA30330@2ka.mipt.ru> Message-ID: References: <20070814162918.GA30330@2ka.mipt.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 724 Lines: 20 On Aug 14 2007 20:29, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > >I'm pleased to announce second release of the distributed storage >subsystem, which allows to form a storage on top of remote and local >nodes, which in turn can be exported to another storage as a node to >form tree-like storages. I'll be quick: what is it good for, are there any users, and what could it have to do with DRBD and all the other distribution storage talk that has come up lately (namely NBD w/Raid1)? Jan -- - 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/