On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 16:55 -0500, erik quanstrom wrote: > > > 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.
What do you mean "they are already generated"? The script(s) try to generate them. When they fail they need a manual intervention. That was my entire point. Thanks, Roman.
