Ted, On 2 Nov 2010, at 01:49, "Ted Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > But why not just use O_DIRECT? Do you really need to access the > disk directly, as opposed to using O_DIRECT? > Because more than one machine will be accessing the data on the ext4 volume (over iSCSI), though access to the large files is mediated by locks higher up. To use O_DIRECT each accessing machine would need to have the volume mounted, rather than merely receiving a list of extents. -- Alex Bligh _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
