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On Monday 24 March 2008, Enrico Weigelt wrote: |
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> Hi folks, |
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> after reading several articles about Mainframes and similar archs |
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> (even ancient ones like B7000), I wonder if Linux world could |
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> learn something from there. |
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> One very interesting point (IMHO) is the storage abstraction. |
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> AFAIK, Mainframes work on one large virtual memory (disks for |
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> swapping out RAM, tapes for swapping out disks, etc). |
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> This way you just allocate some piece of space (like some virtual |
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> partition) to an application (of guest). If you need more space, |
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> just plug in more disks and the OS will handle all this |
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> automatically. |
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> I'm currently planning to implement an similar approach for Linux |
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> (at least virtual block devices). |
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> What do you think about this ? |
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I believe these concepts are to a large degree implemented in an |
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existing product. |
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It's called ZFS. |
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Pity about the license though. We are out in the cold. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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