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Thomas Mueller commented on JCR-926:
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> clustering - store blobs externally for performance reasons
> with the global data store we would be able to that
Yes, clustering is supported. Entries are added as early as possible, and
deleted only when they are not reachable (garbage collection). There is no
'update' operation, only 'add new entry'. Data is added before the transaction
is committed. Additions are globally atomic, cluster nodes can share the same
data store. Even different repositories can share the same store, as long as
garbage collection is done correctly.
Advantages: no duplicate entries (saves space; speeds up versioning, workspace
cloning, node copy operations). Improved concurrency.
Disadvantage: garbage collection is required. There are ideas how to
efficiently do that (without having to scan through the whole repository).
> Global data store for binaries
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>
> 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, DataStore.patch, DataStore2.patch,
> dataStore3.patch, dataStore4.zip, dataStore5-garbageCollector.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
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