Correct. (Note that GFS predates OCFS, GFS grew out of the University of Minnesota and has a long history there)
In order to use GFS your nodes need some form of "shared blockspace (disk)". Traditionally this has been Fibre Channel Storage, but there is nothing in GFS that prevents using a shared FireWire, iSCSI or any other shared blockspace. The problem often seen here is that even if a "disk" can be shared it does not always behave "nicely" in such a setup. Lower-end devices are often not designed to perform well when directly accessed by multiple nodes in such a setup:)
GFS will be the native on-disk filesystem on this "shared disk" and ensure filesystem correctness for all the nodes mounting the filesystem.
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Good thing there are no spinning components in your diskdrive then ;-)
Correct.
:)
(Note that GFS predates OCFS, GFS grew out of the University of Minnesota and has a long history there)
In order to use GFS your nodes need some form of "shared blockspace (disk)". Traditionally this has been Fibre Channel Storage, but there is nothing in GFS that prevents using a shared FireWire, iSCSI or any other shared blockspace. The problem often seen here is that even if a "disk" can be shared it does not always behave "nicely" in such a setup. Lower-end devices are often not designed to perform well when directly accessed by multiple nodes in such a setup
GFS will be the native on-disk filesystem on this "shared disk" and ensure filesystem correctness for all the nodes mounting the filesystem.
We apologise again for the fault in the defectiveness of our company. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.
But, but.. I'm deaf, you insensitive clod!