Scott Hess wrote: > > That wouldn't make a difference, because the NetApp Filer would still > > schedule mtime updates for evey write access to the file that has been > > vnconfiged on the client. > > Probably talking through my hat, here, but doesn't NetApp use a LFS > (log-structured file system) variant?
Almost. It's called WAFL, for "Write Anywhere File Layout". > In any case, assuming that I got the analysis right, that means the mtime > update should be essentially free, since it's already going to be writing > a new inode for the file to capture any new blocks written. Nope. The cost is not free. > http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3001.html#I4, also note the Ousterhout > reference in the bibliography. An even stronger indicator is at > http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3002.html#I35. Heh. You need to read your own references. 8-). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
