I support the rename. I like 'tablet snapshot copy/transfer' over 'tablet copy', but not by a big margin. Both are a lot clearer than 'remote bootstrap'.
- Dan On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Adar Dembo <a...@cloudera.com> wrote: > I don't have much of an opinion one way or the other. I'm not put off > by the current name but wouldn't object to changing it either, > provided you're signing up for the work. :) > > Tablet copy seems like a reasonable name to me. > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Alexey Serbin <aser...@cloudera.com> > wrote: > > Todd, > > > > Change from 'remote bootstrap' to something like 'tablet copy' sounds > > reasonable. As I see from the description, the 'tablet copy' better > > reflects the essence of the process. Both 'tablet copy' and 'tablet > > snapshot transfer' are better than 'remote bootstrap', IMO. Not sure > > whether the additional 'remote' brings more clarity: is it possible to > have > > a 'local tablet copy' at all? > > > > BTW, if 'replica' or 'replication' terms aren't too overloaded and > > applicable in this context, consider a couple of additional options: > > - Tablet replication > > - Creating tablet replica > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Alexey > > > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Todd Lipcon <t...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Currently we use the term "remote bootstrap" to mean the process by > which > >> one tablet server copies a tablet from another. This terminology started > >> long long ago, back when we thought there was some chance that it would > >> actually _start_ the tablet from remote storage, which isn't at all what > >> the current design does. > >> > >> I think it would be more accurate and cause less confusion if we > considered > >> changing our terminology here. The current terminology invites confusion > >> with "tablet bootstrap", the process by which a tablet opens its data, > >> replays its logs, and starts. A couple suggestions would be: > >> > >> - Tablet copy (since we're copying a tablet from one host to another) > >> - Tablet snapshot transfer (a mouthful,but fairly accurate) > >> - Remote tablet copy (slightly more precise than "tablet copy" but also > >> longer) > >> > >> What do people think? Changing this before we hit 1.0 would be nice > just so > >> we have time to update docs, metric names, etc, even though it doesn't > >> affect any public APIs. > >> > >> -Todd > >> -- > >> Todd Lipcon > >> Software Engineer, Cloudera > >> >
