[Info-vax] New filesystem mentioned

[Bob Koehler]

In article <qbenjq$f8$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> On 5/14/2019 9:56 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <qbco24$r22$2 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>>>
>>> Not that I'm an expert on VMS clusters, but it has been my impression
>>> that the OS did all the work.  But what do I know?
>>
>>     The file system is very much part of the OS.  If it's going to work
>>     in VMSclusters, it must support VMSclusters.
>>
> 
> Why would any filesystem not support VMS clusters?
> 
> A file system is the structure on disk, and the code to access and 
> support it.  If any node has access to the device, then it has access. 
> What more is needed?

   A file system does not exisit without the software that implements
   it.  Cluster file access is not magic, file system software uses the
   DLM.