Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:49:05 -0500 | From | "Yakov Lerner" <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] DualFS: File System with Meta-data and Data Separation |
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On 2/14/07, sfaibish <sfaibish@emc.com> wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:06:37 -0500, Sorin Faibish <sfaibish@emc.com> wrote: > > > Introducing DualFS > > > > File System developers played with the idea of separation of > > meta-data from data in file systems for a while. The idea was > > lately revived by a small group of file system enthusiasts > > from Spain (from the little known University of Murcia) and > > it is called DualFS. We believe that the separation idea > > will bring to Linux file systems great value. > > > > We see DualFS as a next-generation journaling file system which > > has the same consistency guaranties as traditional journaling > > file systems but better performance characteristics. The new file > > system puts data and meta-data on different devices (usually, two > > partitions on the same disk or different disks)
Do you guys have an option of using just one partiton, and divide it into two fixed parts at mkfs-time , one part X% (for metadata) and 2nd part at (100-X)% (file file blocks) ? Would not this option be easier-to-administer choice for naive users ? Or, you do not view your FS as an option for naive users in the first place ?
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