From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Goswin von Brederlow Subject: Re: Maybe crazy idea for reshaping: Instant/On-Demand reshaping Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:14:26 +0100 Message-ID: <87eikeu9gt.fsf@frosties.localdomain> References: <87zl34xyqt.fsf@frosties.localdomain> <20100220194020.5d1689e6@notabene.brown> <87mxz46vj2.fsf@frosties.localdomain> <20100221132127.6e49afd3@notabene.brown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20100221132127.6e49afd3@notabene.brown> (Neil Brown's message of "Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:21:27 +1100") Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Neil Brown Cc: Goswin von Brederlow , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Neil Brown writes: > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:39:29 +0100 > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> Neil Brown writes: >> >> > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:27:54 +0100 >> > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> >> So what do you think? Is this lack of cafein speaking? >> > >> > I think your cost-benefit trade-off is way off balance on the cost side. >> > >> > This sort of complexity really belongs in a filesystem, not in a a block >> > device. >> > >> > NeilBrown >> >> So you are saying I should be using zfs instead of ext3+raid5. :) > > No, I'm saying that you should fund me for a year or two so I can stop > worrying about bug fixing and md features, and can finish writing the > filesystem that I have been working on for over a decade. It will, > naturally, be able to to everything including cure the common cold. > > NeilBrown Any design specs for it? I might not be able to fund you but I might be able to voluneer some man-hours. MfG Goswin