Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FS is under heavy write load (massive starvation)

2007-04-27 Thread Manoj Joseph
"copy on write"! ZFS (Sun) and WAFL (NetApp) does this. Don't know about WAFL, but ZFS does logging too. -Manoj -- Manoj Joseph http://kerneljunkie.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [

Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FS is under heavy write load (massive starvation)

2007-04-27 Thread Manoj Joseph
e Andrew Morton knew what he was doing and the consequences. But unless you care nothing about your data, you should not do it. It is as simple as that. No, it does not give you a robust desktop!! -Manoj -- Manoj Joseph http://kerneljunkie.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: ZFS with Linux: An Open Plea

2007-04-18 Thread Manoj Joseph
Alan Cox wrote: Please do see: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/licensing_faq/#patents Which appears to agree with everything I said not what you are claiming. The patent license is strictly tied to their implementation and its derivatives under the CDDL, so specifically acts to exclud

Re: ZFS with Linux: An Open Plea

2007-04-18 Thread Manoj Joseph
Alan Cox wrote: The real test of whether Sun were serious about ZFS being anywhere but Solaris is what they do to license it - they've patented everything they can, and made the code available only under licenses incompatible with other OS products. Their intent is quite clear, and quite sad.