Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 15:52:41 +0200 From: Hywel Mallett <hywel@hmallett.co.uk> To: Carl <k0802647@telus.net> Cc: "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Should gmirrored gjournal provider have auto-synchronization? Message-ID: <C003FC3B-CCA5-46D4-BFFD-ED60B1080F95@hmallett.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4CAE8E67.3080201@telus.net> References: <4CAD6A44.8010707@telus.net> <4813F683-1FF0-4DC4-9BC0-A512258C81CA@hmallett.co.uk> <4CAE8E67.3080201@telus.net>
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On 8 Oct 2010, at 05:22, Carl <k0802647@telus.net> wrote: > On 2010-10-07 3:21 PM, Hywel Mallett wrote: >> gmirror guarantees that a collection of >> writes either happens in it's entirety, or not at all. >=20 > My admittedly limited understanding of gmirror is that it makes no such gu= arantee. I think it is gjournal that guarantees the consistency of the file s= ystem that sits on top of it, not gmirror, and this would be true even if th= ere were no gmirror below it.=20 You are correct. I wrote gmirror in that sentence, but I meant gjournal.=20=
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