[OpenAFS] Automatic move of volumes
Derrick Brashear
shadow@gmail.com
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:34:58 -0400
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On 10/24/07, Steven Jenkins <steven.jenkins@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 10/24/07, Derrick Brashear <shadow@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > not everyone has VMS.
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> *nod*, although it has been documented in public (at least some of the
> pieces) for quite some time. It seems CMU takes a similar approach,
> and I suspect others out there have 'rolled their own'. From the 'me
> too's using vos release to handle versioning, it appears having a
> general system more widely available would scratch a real itch.
where's Phil so I can beat him up some more?
> It has _everything_ to do with namespace management. In absence of
> better tools, people are using vos release to do just that. Note that
> vos release isn't a bad tool; it's just being stretched beyond its
> design because people need a way to do versioning of their namespaces.
you want to dump and restore volumes. that's ugly. it's not a namespace
issue; you want versioned volume clones.
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Jenkins</b> <<a href="mailto:steven.jenkins@gmail.com">steven.jenkins@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/24/07, Derrick Brashear <<a href="mailto:shadow@gmail.com">shadow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>...<br>> not everyone has VMS.<br><br>*nod*, although it has been documented in public (at least some of the<br>pieces) for quite some time. It seems CMU takes a similar approach,
<br>and I suspect others out there have 'rolled their own'. From the 'me<br>too's using vos release to handle versioning, it appears having a<br>general system more widely available would scratch a real itch.
</blockquote><div><br>where's Phil so I can beat him up some more?<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>It has _everything_ to do with namespace management. In absence of
<br>better tools, people are using vos release to do just that. Note that<br>vos release isn't a bad tool; it's just being stretched beyond its<br>design because people need a way to do versioning of their namespaces.
</blockquote><div><br>you want to dump and restore volumes. that's ugly. it's not a namespace issue; you want versioned volume clones.<br> </div></div><br>
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