Re: File::Redundant

2002-04-29 Thread darren chamberlain
This is OT for mod_perl, sorry... * Cahill, Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-29 13:55]: > > Our NIS maps are on the order > > of 3 GB per file (>64k users). > > Man, that is one big file. Guess dropping a note to this list sorta > lets you know what you have to really scale to. Sounds like di

RE: File::Redundant

2002-04-29 Thread Cahill, Earl
> I would think it could be useful in non-mod_perl applications as well > - you give an example of a user's mailbox. With scp it might be even > more fun to have around :) (/me is thinking of config files and > such) mod_perl works very well with the system for keeping track of what boxes are d

RE: File::Redundant

2002-04-29 Thread Cahill, Earl
d likely has at least a professor or two and some grad students helping out on it. I had never heard of OpenAFS before your email. I will have to look into it a bit. My stuff would hopefully make it nice if you didn't want to change your os, or if you just wanted to make File::Redundant a small p

RE: File::Redundant (OT: AFS)

2002-04-25 Thread D. Hageman
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Les Mikesell wrote: > > From: D. Hageman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Subject: Re: File::Redundant > > > > Interesting ... not sure if implementing this in this fashion would be > > worth the overhead. If such a need exists I woul

RE: File::Redundant (OT: AFS)

2002-04-25 Thread Les Mikesell
> From: D. Hageman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Subject: Re: File::Redundant > > Interesting ... not sure if implementing this in this fashion would be > worth the overhead. If such a need exists I would imagine that > would have > choosen a more appropriate OS level sol

Re: File::Redundant

2002-04-25 Thread James G Smith
Andrew McNaughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, James G Smith wrote: > >> What's a `very large amount of data' ? Our NIS maps are on the order >> of 3 GB per file (>64k users). Over a gigabit ethernet link, this >> still takes half a minute or so to copy to a remote system

Re: File::Redundant

2002-04-25 Thread D. Hageman
out this package I started writing last > night. Wondering about its usefulness, current availability, and just > overall interest. Designed for mod_perl use. Doesn't make much sense > otherwise. > > Don't want to go into too many details here, but File::Redunda

Re: File::Redundant

2002-04-25 Thread Andrew McNaughton
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, James G Smith wrote: > What's a `very large amount of data' ? Our NIS maps are on the order > of 3 GB per file (>64k users). Over a gigabit ethernet link, this > still takes half a minute or so to copy to a remote system, at least > (for NIS master->slave copies) -- this

Re: File::Redundant

2002-04-25 Thread James G Smith
"Cahill, Earl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Just putting about a little feeler about this package I started writing last >night. Wondering about its usefulness, current availability, and just >overall interest. Designed for mod_perl use. Doesn't make much sense >otherwise. I would think it coul

File::Redundant

2002-04-25 Thread Cahill, Earl
Just putting about a little feeler about this package I started writing last night. Wondering about its usefulness, current availability, and just overall interest. Designed for mod_perl use. Doesn't make much sense otherwise. Don't want to go into too many details here, but File: