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From: Gary Scott <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada OS talk (was: Progress on AdaOS)
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 16:00:29 -0500
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I thought VM and MVS had this long before DEC.

Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> I don't know if DEC invented it or implemented it first or anything like
> that, but the first time I saw that was with VMS. They had "disk striping"
> which let you spread files or a database across several drives for faster
> access and/or redundancy. Not really that new since a disk with multiple
> independent heads is essentially the same problem & I think those were in
> existence a long time ago. Its a useful technique.
> 
> I'd consider that to be outside of the "file system" as an "implementation
> detail" peculiar to a specific kind of device. A RAID or JABOD would be just
> one storage medium among many. (Should a file system support paper tape,
> punch cards and similar devices?)
> 
> MDC
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> Marin David Condic
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> 
> "Gary Scott" <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com> wrote in message
> news:3B94E65B.CDA2CAB7@lmtas.lmco.com...
> > A look at OS/2's recent file system(s) changes would be in order.  It
> > supports treating multiple hard drives as a single large drive,
> > transparently, easy to set up and use.
> >