... > This needs to be proven with a reproducible, > real-world workload before it > makes sense to try to solve it. After all, if we > cannot measure where > we are, > how can we prove that we've improved?
Ah - Tests & Measurements types: you've just gotta love 'em. Wife: "Darling, is there really supposed to be that much water in the bottom of our boat?" T&M: "There's almost always a little water in the bottom of a boat, Love." Wife: "But I think it's getting deeper!" T&M: "I suppose you *could* be right: I'll just put this mark where the water is now, and then after a few minutes we can see if it really has gotten deeper and, if so, just how much we really may need to worry about it." Wife: "I think I'll use this bucket to get rid of some of it, just in case." T&M: "No, don't do that: then we won't be able to see how bad the problem is!" Wife: "But -" T&M: "And try not to rock the boat: it changes the level of the water at the mark that I just made." Wife: "I'm really not a very good swimmer, dear: let's just head for shore." T&M: "That would be silly if there turns out not to be any problem, wouldn't it?" (Wife hits T&M over head with bucket, grabs oars, and starts rowing.) - bill This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
