Re: Summary of how linux can best avoid the need for streams

Frank Butter (fbutter@ottomall.com.tw)
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:31:15 +0800 (CST)

On 30-Jun-99 Richard Gooch wrote:
> Hans Reiser writes:
>>
>> I am not saying put an FS into a file, I am saying make the filesystem
>> effective enough that nobody needs to create things like structured
>> storage. Given that as a goal, what is needed?
>
> I don't even concede this goal. In some cases "structured storage"
> inside a file is quite reasonable and efficient.
>
> However, I would agree that for some applications that FS-based
> structured storage is much better than file-based structured storage.

just an idea (maybe it's not that new, plz don't flame me...).
couldn't one think about a filesystem beeing just a database
including several possibilities of structuring
(structure as a method defined right before access fitting the
specific needs of that access) and with several levels of access
allowing different "views" for different userlevels?
of course, this is just a theoretical view, there still would have
to be found a proper implementation allowing a
reasonable performance...

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