[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/01/25 16:51:38

Modified files:
        storm          : article.rst 

Log message:
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CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/storm/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.37&tr2=1.38&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/storm/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.37 manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.38
--- manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.37  Sat Jan 25 13:34:09 2003
+++ manuscripts/storm/article.rst       Sat Jan 25 16:51:38 2003
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@
 We present a design which addresses the issues we have raised.
 We are currently in prototype stage, which we describe...
 
+->
+We present Storm (for *storage module*), a design which addresses the issues 
+we have described. 
+
 This paper is structured as follows.
 
 
@@ -139,6 +143,16 @@
 However, current peer-to-peer systems could be used to
 find blocks in a distributed fashion; for example, Freenet [ref]
 and some Gnutella clients [ref] also use SHA-1-based identifiers.
+We discuss peer-to-peer implementations in Section 6, below.
+
+The immutability of blocks makes caching trivial, since
+
+
+That all data is stored in blocks means that links to it
+are completely independent of location; when data is moved
+between servers, references to it do not break. (Of course, this
+requires that the blocks can be found no matter what server
+they are on. Again, see Section 6.)
 
 
 3. Xanalogical storage
@@ -152,6 +166,19 @@
 
 5.1. Pointers
 -------------
+
+In Storm, *pointers* are used to implement mutable resources.
+A pointer is an abstract reference that can point to different
+blocks over time.
+
+...
+
+Yet, it is decidedly inconvenient when every time one opens a document,
+the computer pops up a little window saying, "There are currently
+three different versions of this resource. Which one would you like
+to open?" Overcoming this problem will be an important issue
+as the system matures.
+
 
 5.2. Diffs
 ----------