Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:32:15 -0700 (PDT) | From | david@lang ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/15] drbd: a block device for HA clusters |
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Al Boldi wrote:
> James Bottomley wrote: >> On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 18:43 +0300, Al Boldi wrote: >>> James Bottomley wrote: >>>> On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 17:15 +0300, Al Boldi wrote: >>>>> Philipp Reisner wrote: >>>>>> Short Description >>>>>> >>>>>> DRBD is a shared-nothing, synchronously replicated block device. >>>>> >>>>> What do you mean by "shared-nothing"? >>>> >>>> If you actually type "shared nothing" into google, the first hit will >>>> be the wikipedia article describing this. >>> >>> Sure, but the point here is to choose a description that is clear and >>> self-explanatory, and "shared-nothing" is neither clear nor >>> self-explanatory. >> >> It is clear because everyone agrees on the definition. > > Everyone involved in the project maybe, but not everyone interested in "a > block device for HA clusters". And you don't want to turn them of by using > terminology to explain terminology, especially when it's misleading. Many > OpenSource projects fail merely for this reason.
anyone who knows the terminology for HA clusters should understand the term "shared-nothing"
do you really want the full explination to have to be squeezed into this sentance? or even the patch description?
David Lang
>> And it is self >> explanatory because it's an art term for a well defined concept which >> forms one of the building blocks of the nomenclature used in clustering. >> Even if you're not familiar with clustering terminology, the definitions >> are easy to find via search engines. >> >> If you want to find useful quibbles, the term synchronously is wrong: >> DRBD is capable of both synchronous and asynchronous replication. > > Ok, so maybe change the description to reflect this capability. > Something like: DRBD is an independent, synch/async replicated block device. > > > Thanks! > > -- > Al > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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