[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/10/27 06:25:22

Modified files:
        pointers       : article.rst 

Log message:
        section on blocks model

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.6&tr2=1.7&r1=text&r2=text

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Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.6 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.7
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.6        Mon Oct 27 06:15:29 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Mon Oct 27 06:25:21 2003
@@ -82,13 +82,21 @@
   past versions
 
 
-Pointer records
-===============
+Basic model
+===========
 
+- Basic model of underlying system: Only blocks
+- Benefits of that, in a nutshell
+- Reverse indexing (nicely provided through DHT)
 - Def.: Pointers are abstract references that *point*
   to different blocks (versions) over time
-- Basic model of underlying system: Only blocks and reverse indexing
-  (nicely provided through DHT)
+
+
+Pointer records
+===============
+
+- In this section, we discuss a particular way
+  of implementing pointers (this is our main contribution)
 - The association between a pointer and a version is formed
   by a special kind of block, the *pointer record*
 - A pointer record is like a heartbeat in OceanStore;