[ale] Filesystems for databases and HA systems

[Chris Fowler]

NFS could be used but I'm not sure how the locking methods are working
these days.  Many years ago Linux did not support locking over NFS very
well.  Things could have changed since then.


On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 09:33, Keith Hopkins wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>   Two questions about file systems.
> 
> 1) I'm looking for the lesser of two evils to put a MySQL-Max(Innodb) database on for dbmail.  I'm thinking either XFS or Reiserfs, but I don't know how either will perform with a database on top.  Can anyone enlighten me?
> 
> 2) I'm looking for a HA style shared file system (ideally, two hosts mounting the same fs at the same time).  I've come across GFS (non-free), Lustre-lite, Intermezzo, coda and AFS as the most likely candidates.  Can anyone share their experiences with these?  How do you folks running (open)mosix share your file systems?
> 
> -- 
> Lost in Tokyo,
>   Keith
> 
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