>> Using this ring bucket in the CRUSH topology, (with the hash function >> being the identity function) would give the exact same distribution >> properties as the virtual node strategy that I suggested previously, >> but of course with much better topology awareness. > > I will have to re-read your orignal post. I seem to have missed something :)
I did, and I may or may not understand what you mean. Are you comparing vnodes + hashing, with CRUSH + pre-partitioning by hash + identity hash as you traverse down the topology tree? -- / Peter Schuller (@scode, http://worldmodscode.wordpress.com)
