Google SoC idea

[Bruce R. Montague]

 Scott Long wrote:
  >Again, I'm not exactly sure how a generic mechanism can handle the
  >distinction of data vs. metadata vs. journal data.  Also, what you
  
 Ivan Voras wrote:
  >I don't care about the distinction at this level - all data is treated
  >equal.

 Scott Long wrote:
  >But for journalling to work, you must care about the distinction.


Ivan, some recent PhD dissertations probably discuss 
some of the dragons lurking in this area. For instance, 
see the "thesis research" discussion and papers in:
 
 http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~muthian/


His paper "Life or Death at Block-Level" might be of interest...


 - bruce