Stephen Joyce wrote: > On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> You also have to know how many references there are to each pool >> item. >> That is, pretty much duplicate the code of a filesystem without >> gaining >> much. And you can't let any of this change for the duration it >> takes to >> complete your mirroring. > > I understand how the hardlinks are used (and it works pretty well) > but I > can't help but think that a database of file references would work > as well > (possibly better) than the hardlinks...
I really doubt that a database would perform any better. If it did, then I guess we need better filesystems (I nicked this argument from someone on this list, it was used recently when someone suggested that a database would be a more efficient way of storing files than a file system). Nils Breunese. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
