Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on | From | Derek Atkins <> | Date | 08 Feb 1999 18:44:03 -0500 |
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Pavel Machek <pavel@bug.ucw.cz> writes:
> Ook, so you depend on AFS. Do you need speed? If you can afford to > loose a _lot_ of speed, you can develop userland nfs daemon that will > re-export AFS. That way, you'll have portable & kernel-change-proof > solution.
Unfortunately I don't think that that is an option; it would defeat the purpose of using Linux as a replacement for higher-end OSes that do have the speed. With the speed of most of today's Linux-supported platforms, we can easily justify the use of Linux because the speed is comparrible (or even better) than higher-cost workstations. AFS is "slow", even when it's in the kernel. I don't even want to think about how gawdawful slow it would be elsewhere (I've never used Arla, so I don't know exactly how slow that is). I do believe that the speed hit would bring to question the benefits of moving to Linux as a reasonable platform.
So, I think the answer is "yes, we need the speed" and "no, we cannot afford to lose a _lot_ of speed."
Thanks!
-derek
-- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL N1NWH warlord@MIT.EDU PGP key available
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