On 6/29/08, dormando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > so if no_verify=0, then it issues a HEAD to see if the file exists, if > > so, it replies back "yes, i have the file" to the tracker, which > > combines those replies from the various storage nodes marked as the > > ones that have it, and then sends that to the client? > > > > couldn't there be a process which runs constantly and knocks out nodes > > with invalid HEAD replies as being out of date/needing fixed (i'm sure > > those tools exist and i just don't have enough experience with > > mogilefs yet...) > > fsck. the verify option is for more realtime fun. I try to let fsck do > its thing and take a minor hit for the speed increase. >
yeah that sounds right. i would expect fsck to take care of removing stale links etc. okay, so i set no_verify in the params passed to get_paths?
