[Pvfs2-developers] CoalescingLowWatermark values

[rross]

Let's just make sure this is documented somewhere...

Rob

Phil Carns wrote:
> Ah, Ok.  That makes sense.  I was thinking about the low water mark the 
> wrong way.
> 
> -Phil
> 
> Sam Lang wrote:
>>
>> On June 27, 2006, at 2:21PM, Phil Carns wrote:
>>
>>> Should the CoalescingLowWatermark config file parameter support  
>>> "infinity" as a valid value, just as the CoalescingHighWatermark does?
>>>
>>> If I understand correctly, one could turn off syncing altogether by  
>>> setting both to infinity and disabling TroveSyncMeta.  I think you  
>>> can accomplish the same thing by using -1 as the value, but  
>>> "infinity" is a little easier to understand.
>>>
>>
>> Its actually a less-than check, rather than a less-than-or-equals.   
>> So the LowWatermark can be set to 0 if you never want to sync.  If  
>> that seems counter intuitive I can change it to be infinity, but the  
>> low watermark acts as a lower bound, so setting it to infinity seems  
>> counter-intuitive to me.
>>
>> -sam
>>
>>> -Phil
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