From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:10:01 -0500 Message-ID: <509071940902060610p44067dfaue4a0f3ede5fbb5d9@mail.gmail.com> From: Anthony Sorace To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] [plan9mod] Query regarding venti scores Topicbox-Message-UUID: 97d5bf5a-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 the score is the hash of the data in the block. the same block on two servers will have the same score (important for replication). different blocks have the same odds of having this same score (that is, astronomically low) regardless of whether they're on one or multiple servers. that doesn't directly address their suitability as UUIDs. it seems like an odd choice to me (certainly it's an expensive way of generating them), although i guess it depends what your application is.