From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] venti/fmtarenas approximate duration? Message-ID: <20030625095304.V2250@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <41d2ac77a9d78ecc8da522a86d28c33d@plan9.escet.urjc.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <41d2ac77a9d78ecc8da522a86d28c33d@plan9.escet.urjc.es>; from Fco.J.Ballesteros on Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 09:55:56AM +0200 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:53:04 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: dab48eb8-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 09:55:56AM +0200, Fco.J.Ballesteros wrote: > > > Maybe we should change Venti to zero the disk as it goes > > along, keeping a ``have-zeroed-this-far'' field in the > > various super blocks. > > That would be great. Sorry to disagree, but I'd prefer not to carry state unnecessarily, it strikes me as being more fragile, this way. Wasting a little time initially I'm sure pays off over a long period. ++L