[Federated-fs] FSN and filesets

[Raj, Theresa]

Ok.

I have a question about FSLs and the pathname that it provides. Is there
anything that percludes the admin from setting up this pathname such
that one or more of its component is a junction? If this pathname has
junction components then I'm afraid that clients will never resolve this
pathname and could keep ping ponging between fileservers.

Theresa

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Ellard, Daniel 
>  Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:25 AM
>  To: Raj, Theresa; 'federated-fs at sdsc.edu'
>  Subject: RE: [Federated-fs] FSN and filesets
>  
>  
>  If that's the case, then that's something else that does 
>  need to be distinguished!
>  
>  A junction represents the relationship between a directory 
>  in one fileset (or more generally, a node in the namespace) 
>  and the root of another fileset.  If filesets are the 
>  building blocks, then junctions are the nails, or the glue 
>  (pick your metaphor).
>  
>  -Dan
>  
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Raj, Theresa
>  > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:18 AM
>  > To: Ellard, Daniel; federated-fs at sdsc.edu
>  > Subject: RE: [Federated-fs] FSN and filesets
>  > 
>  > It seems to me that junction is another term that is being used 
>  > interchangeably for a fileset.  Or at least, I haven't made the 
>  > distinction between a fileset and a junction.
>  > 
>  > Theresa
>  > 
>  > >  -----Original Message-----
>  > >  From: Ellard, Daniel
>  > >  Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 12:34 PM
>  > >  To: federated-fs at sdsc.edu
>  > >  Subject: [Federated-fs] FSN and filesets
>  > >  
>  > >  
>  > >  The current document defines fileset first, and then FSN,
>  > and then
>  > > says that these two terms are used interchangably.
>  > >  I'd like to scrub the document and fix the usage to keep
>  > these terms
>  > > distinguished.  A fileset is the unit of  management and
>  > abstraction
>  > > for data, and a FSN is a name for  a fileset.  It's useful
>  > to be able
>  > > to distinguish between  the thing and the name of the thing.
>  > >  
>  > >  Thoughts?
>  > >  	-Dan
>  > >   
>  > >     
>  > >  
>  > 
>