[OpenAFS-devel] AFS + GFS = crazy?

[John Hascall]

> In message <200608021454.JAA06668@malison.ait.iastate.edu>,
John Hascall writes:
> >The idea behind GFS is that these file chunks are
> >stored on multiple (N, usually 3) chunkservers -- so
> >you can lose N-1 of them and still be up and have
> >your data.  And the chunkservers could even be

> and yet people still backup raid filesystems.  there are certain
> critical failures that cannot be solved with this solution.

And which critical failures would that be?


John