From: "Lorn Kay" Subject: Re: NFS as a Cluster File System. Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 23:13:22 +0000 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from f43.law11.hotmail.com ([64.4.17.43] helo=hotmail.com) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18WltQ-0007ji-00 for ; Thu, 09 Jan 2003 15:15:20 -0800 To: lmb@suse.de, nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-ha@muc.de Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: >However, it is NOT a "CFS", which people commonly use to refer to a >filesystem >which is distributed and usually shares the same storage system connected >to >all nodes. > >I believe there might be a confusion of words here ;-) > > >Sincerely, > Lars Marowsky-Br?e Sorry, still confused about what a "CFS" really is. In "In Search Of Clusters" Gregory Pfister takes the position that a distributed file system is what he calls a valid "single system image" file system, what I would take to mean a cluster file system (though he doesn't use those words). I guess you are saying a clustered file system isn't necessarily supporting a cluster of application servers but is itself stored on a cluster. (A single server can be the only server using a cluster file system.) ? --K _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs