From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:38:57 +0000 (-0700) Subject: docs: known_issues.txt: edit to emphasize that other sorts of local-filesystem-unwrit... X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.1.0~9 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c416e78b5adcc14e359dd4c2c612242d0fe3ec08;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git docs: known_issues.txt: edit to emphasize that other sorts of local-filesystem-unwritability will lead to the same problems --- diff --git a/docs/known_issues.txt b/docs/known_issues.txt index 948f8831..302d2c9e 100644 --- a/docs/known_issues.txt +++ b/docs/known_issues.txt @@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ to manage them. === issue 1: server out of space when writing mutable file === -If a v1.0 or v1.1.0 storage server runs out of disk space then its -attempts to write data to the local filesystem will fail. For -immutable files, this will not lead to any problem (the attempt to -upload that share to that server will fail, the partially uploaded -share will be deleted from the storage server's "incoming shares" -directory, and the client will move on to using another storage server -instead). +If a v1.0 or v1.1.0 storage server runs out of disk space or is +otherwise unable to write to its local filesystem, then problems can +ensue. For immutable files, this will not lead to any problem (the +attempt to upload that share to that server will fail, the partially +uploaded share will be deleted from the storage server's "incoming +shares" directory, and the client will move on to using another +storage server instead). If the write was an attempt to modify an existing mutable file, however, a problem will result: when the attempt to write the new -share fails due to insufficient disk space, then it will be aborted -and the old share will be left in place. If enough such old shares -are left, then a subsequent read may get those old shares and see the -file in its earlier state, which is a "rollback" failure. With the -default parameters (3-of-10), six old shares will be enough to -potentially lead to a rollback failure. +share fails (e.g. due to insufficient disk space), then it will be +aborted and the old share will be left in place. If enough such old +shares are left, then a subsequent read may get those old shares and +see the file in its earlier state, which is a "rollback" failure. +With the default parameters (3-of-10), six old shares will be enough +to potentially lead to a rollback failure. ==== how to manage it ====