On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 09:08 -0600, Peter Braam wrote: > Nono - striping should only be used to get more bandwidth from servers. The > correct solution to the problem you point out is a lock conversion,
Indeed, I have heard that term being used and figured that that is what it was all about, however... > planned > long ago, still far away maybe (Nikita?). Given that it's not yet available and won't be for some time, isn't breaking a file up into many objects via striping a sufficient alternative to the problem? Are there other problems caused by striping a file (that technically doesn't need more bandwidth) that outweigh the benefits of not having to toss so much cache away when a file is written to (i.e. assuming the cost of reading the file is high such as it would be on a WAN link)? b.
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