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From: Michal 'vorner' Vaner <vorner@×××.cz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 1/2 OT: What Linux could learn from mainframes ?
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:12:08
Message-Id: 20080325101204.GA22596@tarantula.kolej.mff.cuni.cz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] 1/2 OT: What Linux could learn from mainframes ? by Enrico Weigelt
1 Hello
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3 On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 03:12:13AM +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
4 > * defect management directly on block basis (w/o additional
5 > stacking layers).
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7 IMO dividing things into layers/parts is good. It allows for replacing
8 one layer, or not using some of them if they are not needed.
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10 > * distributed storages (not just disks, but several hosts)
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12 That sounds interesting.
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14 > * volumes attributes which let the volume manager decide how/where
15 > to actually store blocks, eg.:
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17 Is there a real need for this? (Just wondering)
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20 Wait few minutes before opening this email. The temperature difference
21 could lead to vapour condensation.
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23 Michal 'vorner' Vaner