Re: OCFS released as GPL

On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 08:55:00AM -0300, Bruno Almeida do Lago wrote:
> I haven't found any message on archives talking about this, so I'm posting
> it.
>
> The OCFS (Oracle Cluster File System) is now GPL - see more on
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs/
>
> What do you think?

The file system is not the problem -- it's shared memory that's an issue
for Postgres.

There is a "distributed lock manager" (by Redhat I think) that could be
the base for implementing something vaguely cluster-y, but there are lots
of roadblocks to it. I assume Slony-II will be here way earlier, making
it all moot.

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