Date   : Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:35:29 +0000
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: MDFS / Nexus filesystems

In article <1233835988.3925.9.camel@...>, Phil
Blundell <philb@...> writes

>Yes, the Nexus OS was indeed custom.  But from what I remember, the OS
>on the fileserver was not responsible for the filesystem layout on disk,
>except for carving the space up into the right number of partitions and
>managing its own boot area.  The Nexus server just presented itself to
>the clients as a hard disk, or a pair of hard disks, and it was up to
>them to lay out the filesystem however they wanted.

Thanks for the clarification.  I remember now that SJ were careful to
refer to the Nexus unit as a disc sharer, not a fileserver, which makes
sense in the light of what you say above.

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