clustered (file) system on multiple host

2007-02-01 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
Reading the list about vkernel, clustering and file system I've began to wonder. How on earth can you make a cluster without paying for the extreme overhead for locking everything? Is it a question of locking more specific or is there some 'magical' technology that helps you out of that.

Re: clustered (file) system on multiple host

2007-02-01 Thread Matthew Dillon
:Reading the list about vkernel, clustering and file system I've began to :wonder. : :How on earth can you make a cluster without paying for the extreme :overhead for locking everything? : :Is it a question of locking more specific or is there some 'magical' :technology that helps you out of