Gil, For Instant Split, if a track is updated before it is copied it will be copied out of order.
The main difference between Instant Split and COW is that the Source data will always be copied to the target location eventually, whereas with Copy On Write only updated data is moved to the update pool or target volume. Ron > I think I understand CoW. Instant Split is new to me. So a couple > questions: > > o With Instant Split, what happens if some other process attempts to > update a block before the copy is complete? > > o How does this behavior differ from that of CoW? > > -- gil > -- > StorageTek > INFORMATION made POWERFUL > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
