On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 02:55:48PM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: > On 12.06.2017 14:45, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 06:41:56PM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: > >> > >> You would need to push large part image of an encrypted volume for every > >> change to files. > > > > That doesn't make sense to me. Why would you need to push more blocks > > than actually changed? > > > > Cloud hosting would require partial updates of files. But I think we can > agree that using cgd raw image is not the best tool for this task.
I still don't understand what you're getting at. Are you suggesting backing the image with S3 or something? If so, I don't actually see why the write amplification problem is any worse for block-based or file-based storage, though it's bad for a small-write workload either way. -- Thor Lancelot Simon t...@panix.com "We cannot usually in social life pursue a single value or a single moral aim, untroubled by the need to compromise with others." - H.L.A. Hart
