Re: FileSystem level compression support.

2008-06-11 Thread Chris Mason
On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 12:13 +0100, Miguel Sousa Filipe wrote: > Hi there, > > Providing compression and/or encryption at the file system layer has > proven to be contentious and polemic, at least in the linux kernel > world. > > However, I would like to probe you guys (specially Chis Mason) about

Re: FileSystem level compression support.

2008-06-11 Thread Ric Wheeler
Miguel Sousa Filipe wrote: Hi there, Providing compression and/or encryption at the file system layer has proven to be contentious and polemic, at least in the linux kernel world. However, I would like to probe you guys (specially Chis Mason) about your thoughts on the issue. I have seen quite

FileSystem level compression support.

2008-06-11 Thread Miguel Sousa Filipe
Hi there, Providing compression and/or encryption at the file system layer has proven to be contentious and polemic, at least in the linux kernel world. However, I would like to probe you guys (specially Chis Mason) about your thoughts on the issue. I have seen quite a few benchs were compression