On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 01:01:55AM -0700, Anand Avati wrote: > > > > > > Let's continue with this scenario: what would happen if one of the clients > > changed hello.c again, and the failed server came up again after some > > extended repair period? > > > > What exactly would be the criteria for file resync? (Imagine one of the > > copies got corrupted during fsck, while still carrying identical metadata > > information) > > a server which had 'gone down' is not put in operation until it > undergoes an FSCK. the one with the latest mtime is the 'freshest' > copy. A suggestion for future entensions: check (md5 or the like) all copies of the same logical file for identity S -- Steffen Grunewald * MPI Grav.Phys.(AEI) * Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam Cluster Admin * http://pandora.aei.mpg.de/merlin/ * http://www.aei.mpg.de/ * e-mail: steffen.grunewald(*)aei.mpg.de * +49-331-567-{fon:7233,fax:7298} No Word/PPT mails - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
