> > Is EVMS (Enterprise Volume Management System from IBM) support planned > > in Mandrake kernel ? > > Unlikely. EVMS did not make it into the 2.5 development kernel fetaure > freeze, while LVM2 did. The EVMS team subsequently decided to terminate > development of the EVMS kernel patches (although they would continue to > support them for the 2.4 stable kernel) and to port their management tools > to support LVM2. So the days of EVMS are numbered. > > In some respects its a shame - I thought EVMS was a better solution since it > tightly integrated logical volumes and software RAID. Howver as I understand > the EVMS kernel patch was *huge*, and duplicated existing functionality, so > I guess Linus' descision was understandable.
I do not think EVMS days are numbered, it's merely a change of direction as indicated on the kernel ML http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20021118_192.html#5 http://lwn.net/Articles/14714/ but the functionalities will remain unchanged. http://evms.sourceforge.net/ As a complete solution EVMS will still provide a far better experience than LVM and/or LVM2. -- Frederic Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
