> This is going to require that we run a "vos release" on a periodic,
> automated basis.
Require?
I'm against the idea in concept, but that's an opinion. Why not do
it by hand (takes 3 seconds to type) when you know you want to
release for sure? Anyway...
> * if the read/write version of a volume has not changed since
> the last release, will "vos release" no-op, or will it try to
> synchronize anyway.
I believe what happens is that it will check out the replicas
(quickly), determine that they are up to date, and do nothing.
> * would it make sense to attempt to determine whether a volume
> has changed before doing a release? --I don't have a very good
> sense for how resource expensive "vos release" is.
Sure.
> if it would be a good idea to only release when necessary, is there
> a more efficient way to discover whether a read/write volume has
> changed since the last release other than comparing the mtimes
> of all directories in the volumes?
vos examine my.volume.name | grep 'Last Update'
> Is anyone else doing this sort of thing?
