[lug] Global File System on Linux

[Alan Robertson]

"D. Stimits" wrote:
> 
> Alan Robertson wrote:
> >
> > Richard Karcich wrote:
> > >
> > > re: http://news.linuxprogramming.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-02-08-002-05-CD
> > >
> > > is anyone here locally familiar with or using GFS?  if so, what are your
> > > impressions?  thanks very much!
> >
> > I am quite familar with the team of people who have designed GFS.  They know
> > what they are doing, and I believe that it is the single hottest Linux
> > technology around.  It is the most kick-ass cluster technology around.
> >
> > On the other hand, I haven't yet had a chance to test it to any significant
> > degree.
> >
> >         -- Alan Robertson
> >            alanr at unix.sh
> 
> I'm curious about a comparison here. Assuming a single Linux workstation
> with a few scsi disks on it, and no clustering or NFS involved, the
> article mentions it supports journaling and 64 bit access. Would there
> be any advantage/disadvantage to GFS compared to ReiserFS on a single
> user workstation? Does RAID effect the choice here?

ReiserFS is great at lots of small files.  I think GFS is better suited to
large files.

	-- Alan Robertson
	   alanr at unix.sh