I see a need for both solutions. Would it be possible to change the
behaviour on a per-fileserver basis? That you could allow one scenario
on volumes on fileserver a and allow the other on fileserver b.
Perhaps a flag to the fileserver on start-up to select which method the
cell admin would like?
the problem is the right way is per-volume, but per-fileserver is
probably the best we can do today. anyone want to code it? (i can code
it, it's like 5 minutes work, but testing is a little more)
Is this really a good idea? Will vos move give a warning when moving a
volume from one flavor of server to another? What happens when a server
is rebooted with the flag switched? Would we need some kind of flag on
the volume itself to say what kind of behavior is expected? This may be
a 5 minute change, but recovery may take years. Maybe with a little more
thought we can come up with a way to get the specific desired behavior
without making multiple flavors of file servers (and avoid the resulting
confusion that will ensue).
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