Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] some ide qs [was:Re: Interesting article on SCSI vs. IDE]
From: Jay Ts (jay_AT_toltec.metran.cx)
Date: Thu Nov 09 2000 - 22:56:37 EET
> >What about SGI's xfs. Its been ported to Linux. Seems to have a
> >nice design. Supports very large files. And supposedly will recover
> >in aprox 1-2 mins after a crash (ie turning the power off without
> >dismounting). I havent tried it yet but it looks promising.
XFS is a very good enterprise-class filesystem, with good reliability
and an extended feature set beyond the common, basic unix filesystem.
It's intended for serious, general-purpose work.
However, I don't see much of any advantage for audio. Maybe it would
be better than ext2, or worse, I don't know.
One thing I'd suggest is to look into the disk access methods that
Sun, SGI, and other "big" Unix companies have developed for the
database vendors. The method bypasses the Unix filesystem and
disk cache, and allows the application software to create its own
filesystem. I think that this would be the way to go. Of course,
it means the application has to have code for accessing the disk
partition, and if more than one app is going to do that, there would
have to be agreed-upon standards.
(I'm sorry, I must be a little unclear, because I'm writing this
while very tired. ** yawn **)
As I recall, this functionality was going to be included in Linux,
perhaps in the 2.6 kernel. If so, that may be the way to go.
- Jay Ts
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