[OpenAFS-devel] AFS + GFS = crazy?

Gordon Bowersox gbowerso@sbgnet.com
Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:49:33 -0400


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John Hascall wrote, On 8/2/2006 11:42 AM:
>> 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
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