[Gluster-devel] jdarcy status (October 2014)

[Jeff Darcy]

> >  More recently, a *completely separate* approach to
> > multi-threading - "multi-threaded epoll" - has been getting some
> > attention.  Here's what I see as the pros and cons of this new approach.
> 
> You forgot:
> CON: epoll is Linux specific and code using it is not easily portable.

Excellent point.  Portability to other platforms is becoming a strong
differentiator for GlusterFS, largely thanks to your help, and we should
try to keep it that way.