linux-ext4 - Re: Atomic non-durable file write API

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Date:	Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:14:04 +0100
From:	Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@...il.com>
To:	Christian Stroetmann <stroetmann@...olinux.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Atomic non-durable file write API

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Christian Stroetmann
<stroetmann@...olinux.com> wrote:
>> Additional steps compared to what? The temp file, fsync, rename case?
>
> read the paragraphs as a whole

Reading stuff again isn't going to change my question.

>>> And the advice to use a well-known DBMS is simply based on the knowledge
>>> that it has all the needed functionality already implemented in a highly
>>> performant way, and on the knowledge that such a solution is used oftenly
>>> for comparable use cases due to the cost vs. benefit ratio.
>>> To take a look at the Reiser4 FS could also help.
>>
>> I don't think storing all my conf files, executables, libraries etc in
>> a DBMS is a good idea...
>
> read the whole both threads started by you again

And then what?

Olaf
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