Anand Avati wrote:
Currently only unify needs namespace. stripe does not. The new branch will have unify as is (with the namespace etc) but a new translator which will be a functional replacement to unify will be introduced. This new translator (hash) internally builds a distributed hash table over the storage servers improving the FS performance significantly. The DHT is similar in concept to many of the popular DHT algos, and hashes the filename and stores the file on the hashed node. So functionally, it is similar to unify (directory structure is replicated, file exists on only one node) but the internals are quite different, without a namespace too.
Not having to manage a separate space for namespace will be a welcome improvement from my perspective. Looking forward to it. John
