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On Ter, 2008-02-19 at 20:41 +0530, Kalpak Shah wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">The epoch will need to be stored in an external block or</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">FatZap (depending on implementation of in-dnode EAs) only in-case the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">file is striped across more than 10-15 OSTs.</FONT>
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That may not be true.<BR>
For example, with Matthew's proposed design, we could put the epoch as a system attribute with "higher priority" (lower index) than LOV data, which means it would always fit in the dnode even if we have lots of LOVs.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
Ricardo<BR>
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<B><FONT SIZE="1">Ricardo Manuel Correia</FONT></B><BR>
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