From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 29 20:49:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F9D1065676 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:49:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gcubfg-freebsd-geom@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B26C48FC14 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:49:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gcubfg-freebsd-geom@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KD3pR-0004Eu-Ij for freebsd-geom@freebsd.org; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:48:57 +0000 Received: from 78-1-109-153.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.1.109.153]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:48:57 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 78-1-109-153.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:48:57 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:48:49 +0200 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <0A8C1986-1DC1-4445-9111-0DEDBBCC6847@hmallett.co.uk> <20080622233638.4hclgmsw8408s4cg@www.hmallett.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig01CA1534047E0389E768C503" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-1-109-153.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) In-Reply-To: <20080622233638.4hclgmsw8408s4cg@www.hmallett.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Sender: news Subject: Re: Filesystem replication geom proposal X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:49:01 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig01CA1534047E0389E768C503 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hywel@hmallett.co.uk wrote: > I certainly agree that there's no point in reinventing the wheel,=20 > however I don't see how gmirror, without major changes, can work in a=20 > way that can cope with a disconnected network and maintain data=20 > consistency when the network is reconnected. Yes, gmirror would have to grow support for "smart" resilvering,=20 probably by having a bitmap of changed blocks maintained on the working=20 drive(s) so it can only update the changed data instead of whole drives=20 (which would happen now if ggated would support automatic reconnects). --------------enig01CA1534047E0389E768C503 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIZ/UyldnAQVacBcgRAkzqAKC9UwGc941/6vhe9wMA33+Yl6xN5gCgqTkn iS+T2tuH9mxHIADflRONkdY= =MCtC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig01CA1534047E0389E768C503--