Ability to run on CoW filesystems?
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Description
Currently Ambry strictly needs fallocate to create partition files. But CoW fses like btrfs or zfs do not support it. Is there any way to run on top of CoW fses? I'm aware of the design goal behind the fallocate usage.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by locating the partition-file creation path that requires fallocate and reviewing how Ambry invokes it; then compare the stated btrfs and zfs constraints. Done means a maintainer-approved, documented way to run Ambry on CoW filesystems.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, linux
- Domain
- backend, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100