On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 12:48:22PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> Sorry Brian,
> by mistake I first sent this to you rather than to the list.

I didn't check the headers that closely but did notice they
where a little different. Unfortunately I don't have the
answer for you, I have yet to implement spindle numbers, but
many/most of my partitions are on distinct spindles.


> I "think" I know the answer, but just to confirm ...
> 
> Are spindle numbers in the disklist tied to the host names?  
> I.e.  is HostA (Spindle 9) considered the same, or different
> spindle, as HostB (Spindle 9).
> 
> I can think of two scenarios where it would matter,
> 
>  - with a huge disklist it would be easier to manage spindle
>    numbers on a host by host basis rather than across the
>    entire disklist
> 
>  - when different direct clients are providing access to the
>    same indirect client (nfs or samba) then spindle numbers
>    tied to the direct client host name are ineffective
> 
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> Jon H. LaBadie                  jon AT jgcomp DOT com
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> 
> -- 
> Jon H. LaBadie                  jon AT jgcomp DOT com
>  JG Computing
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