Re: [9fans] [plan9mod] Query regarding venti scores

[23hiro@googlemail.com]

With today's amount of storage the probability of a collision is too
low for that to happen.
I read that in the Venti paper[1].
I would not consider them UUIDs though, since the same data blocks
will have the same sha-1 hash on both servers.
If that doesn't cause a problem you're fine

[1] http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/venti/venti.pdf


On 2/6/09, anoop.anoop@gmail.com <anoop.anoop@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have a query regarding the scores in venti. Here is my question:
> Since the venti scores are SHA-1 hashes, can they be considered as
> UUIDs? I have two different venti servers and am storing different
> sets of databolcks on each. I am wondering whether a scenario will
> arise where server A and server B gives the same score for completely
> different datablocks.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Anoop
>
>