On 6/15/07, Thomas Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...Lets 90% of the storage space used in a repository are large objects (binary data). With GlobalDataStore, cloning (and versioning) should get 9 times faster (and use much less storage space)....
You're right, in the case that you mention. Looks like some of us will need to buy some <favorite-beverage-of-your-choice> for whoever implements this ;-)
...On the other hand, it is better to copy short strings, instead of saving them only once and keeping a reference, because of the overhead, and because the potential saving is small. An exception is cloning whole (node) subtrees. Here, copy-on-write would help....
Agreed, some clever decisions might need to be made depending on what's being cloned. -Bertrand
