Re: [Nbd] Deadlock Issues with Local NBD Server
- To: Folkert van Heusden <folkert.van.heusden@...17...>
- Cc: nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net
- Subject: Re: [Nbd] Deadlock Issues with Local NBD Server
- From: Adam Cozzette <acozzette@...946...>
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:16:51 -0700
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 01:04:23PM +0200, Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> > I'm interested in setting up a FUSE-like infrastructure in userspace that will
> > use NBD and allow people to develop virtual block devices without having to
> > write any kernel code. For example, one of the things I would like to do is
> > create a deduplicating block device, and it would be easiest if I could
>
> Dedupping block device? Something like http://vanheusden.com/java/BlackHole/ ?
Yes, actually I have already come across BlackHole, which seems to be very
similar to what I want to do. But I was hoping to try for higher performance by
doing the deduplication locally and in the kernel, using the device mapper.
(That is, after I prototype it in userspace using nbd.)
--
Adam Cozzette
Harvey Mudd College Class of 2012
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