[Pvfs2-developers] host id

[Walter Ligon]

Shit, forgot about this - we need to include the fsid in the signed 
structures.  that fixes this problem!

Walt

Rob Ross wrote:
> Yes, having multiple file systems would really mess with you because you 
> could have the same handle for more than one FS. You sure you don't want 
> to just use a string name?
> 
> Rob
> 
> On May 15, 2008, at 1:10 PM, Nicholas Mills wrote:
>> Thanks for your help everyone.
>>
>> David and I have decided to use the first handle in the server's 
>> mapping to identify the server. We are at the point now where we need 
>> to find a handle range given a host alias. Does anyone know of a quick 
>> and easy way to do this?
>>
>> There is also the question of which handle range to use. Do we use the 
>> meta handles or the data handles? Also, will having multiple 
>> filesystems complicate anything?
>>
>> --Nick
>>
>> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Phil Carns <carns at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>> I don't think we have any globally valid fixed sized identifier for 
>> the servers.  The only option I know if would be to use a handle (for 
>> example, the first handle in the server's mapping) to represent each 
>> server.  I think just using the string name would be safer, though.
>>
>> -Phil
>>
>>
>> Walter Ligon wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> we're needing to send a server host identification on the wire.  In 
>> the config the host_id appears to be a variable length string.  Should 
>> we just use that, or is there something else of fixed size I'm not 
>> aware of?
>>
>> Walt
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