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[Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Sharing filesystems between VMs.

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Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Sharing filesystems between VMs.
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 00:08:51 +0100
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Tom Brown pointed out a typo I'd made - thanks Tom!

> > Basically, because the FS layer usually expects only one kernel to access
> > a filesystem, one writer and multiple readers will cause confusion,
> > multiple readers will hose your filesystem pretty quickly.
>
> didn't you mean "multiple writers"  there?

Yeah, sorry :-)  What I meant was:

* multiple readers = fine, go for it
* one (or more) readers, one writer = bad - the readers will get confused 
pretty quick, although the writer and the underlying data will be happy
* multiple writers = really really bad - they'll trash the filesystem

Cheers,
Mark

> -Tom
>
> > > You need a cluster file system like GFS, OCFS, etc., or just NFS.
> >
> > Yes, if you want write sharing.  Exporting read only is fine, though.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
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