[OpenAFS] Automatic move of volumes

Steven Jenkins steven.jenkins@gmail.com
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:08:52 -0400


On 10/24/07, Derrick Brashear <shadow@gmail.com> wrote:
> ....
> > dump/restore is just a mechanism in lieu of a volume copy operation.
> > Versionized clones could be interesting in this context, but I would
> > prefer to stay away from that approach as it makes it harder to
> > recover & see changes in the base volume.  I think having one RW per
> > 'generation' of ROs is reasonable.
>
> this is all implementation decisions, and the ones you make that make me
> wretch, well, i'm not running it so i don't matter.
>

It's a community/gatekeeper/elder/afs3-standardization issue: if the
Road Ahead has generational clones, that's one thing.  If it doesn't,
then it would be helpful to know.

As for wretched decisions, I'm always open to hearing about better
ways to do things.

Steven