From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4AAE81D6.4050600@0x6a.com> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:48:06 -0500 From: Jack Norton User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <4AAE663F.1080207@0x6a.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Petabytes on a budget: JBODs + Linux + JFS Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6ea51c42-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Russ Cox wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Jack Norton wrote: > >> So when you create a Venti volume, it basically writes '0's' to all the >> blocks of the underlying device right? >> > > In case anyone decides to try the experiment, > venti hasn't done this for a few years. Better to try with dd. > > Russ > > By a 'few years' do you mean >=2.5 yrs, because thats the last time I had a venti setup. I had to stop using plan 9 for a while so that I could graduate on time (that thesis wasn't going to write itself apparently). All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. -Jack