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- From: munir@fc.hp.com (Munir Mallal)
- Subject: Re: Questions on "localy mounted file systems"
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:51:54 GMT
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- Bart Muyzer (bartm@cv.ruu.nl) wrote:
- : Hello,
- :
- : One of the things that came to mind is "localy mounted file systems". We're
- : not sure how this works. Can we put a, let's say' 400Mb disk in the 710 and
- : use it for both swapping and data-storage? If yes, are any specialties needed
- : or can we just mount the disk on the 710 and access it transparantly?
- :
-
- Yes you can do that and nothing special should be needed/.
-
- : I've been reading the release notes for 8.0 and if I read it correctly:
- : 1. A disk can be *physically* attached to any cnode in a cluster, but
-
- Yes this is correct.
-
- : 2. can only be mounted on the rootserver???
-
- No, this is wrong, the disk must be mounted by the cnode. A correct
- entry in the cnode's /etc/checklist and a device file should suffice.
- once the disk is mounted, it will be visible to all systems in the
- cluster.
-
- : Or am I wrong on this?
- :
-
- See above.
-
- : And what about 9.0? Will it have this "localy mounted file systems" too? Will
- : it add anything to it??
- :
- Yes, 9.0 has locally mounted files. No , not much has changed (performance?).
-
-
- Munir Mallal
-