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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] nbd driver for 2.5.72
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In article <3EF3F08B.5060305@aros.net> you wrote:
> There's
> definately room for more improvements
...
> + * 03-06-12 Added a default BLOCKING stratedgy on network downtime with a
> + * non-default NBD_NONBLOCKING flag. This has the net effect of blocking
> + * I/O when there's only transient problems like a server reboot. If used
> + * in conjunction now with RAID mirroring, transient errors (while they'll
> + * pause the system) will not nessesitate a complete recopying of the
> + * server's exported block device which could potentially take much longer
> + * than a reboot.

Is anybody aware of a journalling nbd, which keeps track of unsynced
changes, so a fast reintegration is possible?

Well perhaps this is a property of the md device, instead... hmm. Is there
such a function available? Could be some left over from snapshot code.

Greetings
Bernd
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