On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:42:23 +1100 "Mark Harvey" <markh794@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:37 AM, FUJITA Tomonori > <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > As discussed, we need to rewrite the current ssc code. Richard and > > Mark submitted different ssc implementations respectively. I made this > > patchset of them. > > > > This patchset enables me to do backup and restore with BakBone > > NetVault. > > > > There are several differences in the implementations of Richard and > > Mark. One of the major differences is a way to store metadata. The > > former uses two files for user data and metadata and the latter stores > > both in a single file (note that xattr is too small for ssc > > metadata). In short, the former can be faster but it's more handy for > > users to handle a single file. IMO, either is fine but I chose the > > latter approach (we might change this but there are tons of things to > > do before worrying about the performance). > > > > As I said, there are lots of things to fix and implement. We need to > > change the on-disk metadata format (currently there is no > > compatibility among architectures. Another change I want is putting > > checksum for integrity). So it's not ready to store important data > > with it but hopefully it's good enough to play with it. > > > > I also put this patchset in the ssc branch of the git tree: > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tomo/tgt.git ssc > > > > I'll merge this patchset soon unless anyone is against it. > > Many thanks for this. No problem. Thanks for the initial work and sorry for taking too long. > I've been distracted over the last couple of weeks moving house. > > Hope to have net access within the next week or so :) There are still lots of things to fix and improve in the ssc code. I'm looking forward to your patches :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
