On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, erik quanstrom wrote: > > > > Not in the sense that you can purge specific files you don't > > > > want and continue using the same venti. But you can do what a > > > > copying garbage collector does -- it copies all the data > > > > *reachable* from the data `roots' (a set of objects you know > > > > you want). What is left behind is considered garbage and can > > > > be recycled. > > > > > > that's wrong. there is no such function. > > > > Huh? I am just described what copying garbage collection > > does. If you mean you can't do something similar with venti, > > think about it! > > what i understood the op to mean was that venti arenas are > garbage collectable. this is not true. arenas are write once, > so it follows they must be impossible to garbage collect.
Nah! Not me... > venti is the block motel. blocks check in, but they never check out. Now that i realize what you're talking about - great analogy! -- Duke
