[Pvfs2-developers] Parity striped data

[Mike Young]

Thanks Kyle. That is a very helpful pointer.

-Mike

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Kyle Schochenmaier <kschoche at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There is no parity in terms of redundancy planned for the filesystem.
> However, if you want to look at what we have available in terms of
> data striping, look at pvfs2/src/io/description/dist-*.c
> The distributions are responsible for determining where and how the
> data gets striped.  We have several:   simple-stripe (round robin),
> variable-stripes, and 2d-stripes (round robin within groups of
> servers).
> There is documentation in the pvfs2/doc/design sections regarding
> distributions as well.
>
> ~Kyle
>
> On 6/20/08, Mike Young <myoung at wildernessvoice.com> wrote:
> > I have seen much discussion regarding the desire for something more than
> > just round-robin striping. Is anyone currently working on this? Or can
> > someone point me to the code that is currently responsible for the
> striping?
> > I'd like to help develop this part if there isn't already an effort
> > underway.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
>
> --
> Kyle Schochenmaier
>
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