Patrick Caulfield (pcaulfie@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > Would this be possible if GFS implemented an on-disk quota system? > > > > GFS does have quotas but I don't see what they have to do with fencing. If you > meant a "quorum disk" then the answer is "yes". But we don't have a quorum disk > facility. How does the presence or use of a quorum disk prevent queued buffers from flying out and hitting the disk? Typically, quorum disks have been used to prevent (or detect) multiple partitions, as a primary form of cluster membership, etc. A SCSI reservation as a secondary quorum determinant is more like "fencing" than a traditional quorum disk, but that's open to argument of course ;) -- Lon -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
