> > i'm still not following why replica won't work? getting in underneath > > the fs seems to require some extra justification and it seems to require > > some very low-level modifications. and yet the file interface provides > > what i think one would need for such a project. what is wrong with > > replica that can't be reasonably fixed? > > since replica requires some (albeit automatic) periodic work on the > server end it means that there's one more thing for bell lab folks > to care about and maintain. that said, a brand new Venti proxy or > what not will probably be even worse for them :-(
the replica logs are already generated and already required for existing functionality — pull — to work. - erik
