Re: fsfs revprop packing in f5 Re: Does fsfs revprop packing no longer allow usage of traditional backup software?

On 07/07/2011 10:56 AM, Mark Phippard wrote:
> How about a new option?
>
> 4. Remove the f5 feature, release 1.7 without it and revisit when we
> can settle on a new design?
>
> IMO, it is too late to be considering a brand new design. If we are
> not comfortable with the current implementation let's pull it out and
> come back to it later.

+1. While we're at it (post-1.7), we might consider a design that allows
admins to keep old values of properties, too, for auditability. I would
imagine (perhaps naively) that if were only ever appending to packed files
and updating fixed-location/fixed-width manifests, for example, much of this
I/O worry would go away.

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