On Fri, 3 Sep 1999 sirbruce@ix.netcom.com wrote:
So to change the ID requires essentially a recursive chown-type operation that is always going to be proportional to the amount of data "schlepped".
If it really was as fast as a recursive chwon, that would be great, but the Netapp still issues a copy/unlink instead of a rename when moving files between quota trees. This isn't the fault of the client either, because the same thing happens if I mount the filer's root filesystem on the client (so it thinks it is one filesystem), and do a move from there.
I ought to get off my butt and submit an official request for "rm" and "mv" commands that are local to the filer, where those operations can be optimized using the knowledge the filer has that isn't available to the client.