Re: A file system like Digital's AdvFS

Larry Butler (larrybutler@earthlink.net)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:59:49 -0600

Michael Marxmeier wrote:
>
> Hello Larry.
>
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> You might want to have a look at the Linux LVM code. While
> it does not implement a file system (it provides resizable,
> extend mapped block devices) it should be somewhat similar.
>
> http://linux.msede.com/lvm/

I've seen it. It's very cool, but it doesn't allow you to resize a file system, replace a disk, etc. while the files are being used. Also, with LVM it is very difficult (I think) to reduce the allocated space of a file system.

-Larry

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