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Jukka Zitting commented on JCR-926:
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Looks good, thanks! Committed internalValue.patch as-is in revision 550493.

This change also makes it easier to switch to an InternalValue class hierarchy 
(as in InternalLongValue, etc.) later on if we want.


> Global data store for binaries
> ------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JCR-926
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-926
>             Project: Jackrabbit
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: core
>            Reporter: Jukka Zitting
>         Attachments: DataStore.patch, DataStore2.patch, internalValue.patch, 
> ReadWhileSaveTest.patch
>
>
> There are three main problems with the way Jackrabbit currently handles large 
> binary values:
> 1) Persisting a large binary value blocks access to the persistence layer for 
> extended amounts of time (see JCR-314)
> 2) At least two copies of binary streams are made when saving them through 
> the JCR API: one in the transient space, and one when persisting the value
> 3) Versioining and copy operations on nodes or subtrees that contain large 
> binary values can quickly end up consuming excessive amounts of storage space.
> To solve these issues (and to get other nice benefits), I propose that we 
> implement a global "data store" concept in the repository. A data store is an 
> append-only set of binary values that uses short identifiers to identify and 
> access the stored binary values. The data store would trivially fit the 
> requirements of transient space and transaction handling due to the 
> append-only nature. An explicit mark-and-sweep garbage collection process 
> could be added to avoid concerns about storing garbage values.
> See the recent NGP value record discussion, especially [1], for more 
> background on this idea.
> [1] 
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jackrabbit-dev/200705.mbox/[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]

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