Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Sep 1999 02:33:54 -0400 (EDT) | From | Stephen Frost <> | Subject | Re: I vote for updated RAID and KNFSD |
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On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, The Doctor What wrote:
> *sigh* At this level of Internet seniority, being reduced to "me too". I > feel strongly about this; For KNFS, I see no *significant* reason to delay > it. It fails just fine if you have old tools. > > I'd **really** like RAID to go in, and not just because I work for a > distribution company and we are forced to include it. If there are bugs > in it, then lets get them out and fixed. I don't believe that there are > any issues involving nuking existing stuff, though if there isn't a long > and loud document in Documentation, then there should be. > > As someone pointed out, not having RAID is getting to the point of saying > that Linux isn't able to deal with conventional hardware and has become > a basic support issue. Of course, we walk a fine line between "buy better > hardware" and "we can support your cheap stuff as if it's better hardware". > But, as we support x86, I don't see anyway out of that dilemma.
I must admit, I'd REALLY like to see Knfsd and RAID go in as well, and soon.
Stephen
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