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Subject: Re: [9fans] venti workalike in Python
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:46:02 GMT."
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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:23:48 -0500
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> > > Having said that, is there any documentation on the venti protocol apart
> > > from the source?
> >
> > Not really, but here's a summary.
> >
> > Venti uses a simple RPC protocol with only a few messages:
> > ...
>
> Many thanks.
>
> > size[2] QSync    tag[1]
> > size[2] RSync    tag[1]
>
> These aren't in the source I have.  Presumably they were added relatively
> recently.  I assume they mean save all transactions to disk?

I added them about a year ago.  Sync means "don't return until everything
I've sent up to this point is committed to disk".

Russ