Re: Blockbusting news, results are in

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >I've told you guys over and over that you need to CRC the data in user
> >space, we do that in our backup scripts and it tells us when the drives
> >are going bad.  S
> >
> Why do the CRC in user space, that requires modifying every one of 7000+ 
> applications (if I understand you correctly, which is far from a sure 
> thing;-) )?
> 
> Write a reiser4 CRC file plugin.  It would take a weekend, and most of the 
> work would be cut and pasting from the default file plugin..  

Even better, use crc loop method, and do checks at block device
level. I had patch to implement that...
								Pavel
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