From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263539AbTJVTiw (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:38:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263544AbTJVTiv (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:38:51 -0400 Received: from codepoet.org ([166.70.99.138]:29670 "EHLO codepoet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263539AbTJVTiu (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:38:50 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:38:50 -0600 From: Erik Andersen To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: srfs - a new file system. Message-ID: <20031022193849.GA21188@codepoet.org> Reply-To: andersen@codepoet.org Mail-Followup-To: Erik Andersen , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20031022045708.GA5636@codepoet.org> <200310221605.h9MG5k37007196@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200310221605.h9MG5k37007196@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.19-rmk7, Rebel-NetWinder(Intel StrongARM 110 rev 3), 185.95 BogoMips X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed Oct 22, 2003 at 12:05:46PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:57:09 MDT, Erik Andersen said: >=20 > > Suppose I install srfs on both my laptop and my server. I then > > move the CVS repository for my pet project onto the new srfs > > filesystem and I take off for the weekend with my laptop. Over > > the weekend I commit several changes to file X. Over the weekend > > my friend also commits several changes to file X. > >=20 > > When I get home and plug in my laptop, presumably the caching > > daemon will try to stabalize the system by deciding which version > > of file X was changed last and replicating that latest version. =20 >=20 > Hey Larry - potential BitKeeper customer here. :) Not so much a potential BitKeeper customer, as pointing out that the distributed filesystems prople are attacking the same fundamental problem as the distributed version control folks. -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ltzJX5tkPjDTkFcRAoMHAKCWvts+GH7v/v4Hze9ERs0/YaIObACgwgEE Zbm69ed+AmOYG/TITR1Pmnk= =4UZC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--