can you run a database on RMS? I guess its not suited we are already trying to get ride of a 15 years old filesystem called wafl, and a 10 years old "file system" called Centera, so do you thing we are going to consider a 35 years old filesystem now... computer science made a lot of improvement since
On Dec 8, 2007 1:38 PM, can you guess? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > from the description here > > > > http://www.djesys.com/vms/freevms/mentor/rms.html > > so who cares here ? > > > > > > RMS is not a filesystem, but more a CAS type of data > > repository > > Since David begins his description with the statement "RMS stands for "Record > Management Services". It is the underlying "file system" of OpenVMS", I'll > suggest that your citation fails a priori to support your allegation above. > > Perhaps you're confused by the fact that RMS/Files-11 is a great deal *more* > of a file system than most Unix examples (though ReiserFS was at least > heading in somewhat similar directions). You might also be confused by the > fact that VMS separates its file system facilities into an underlying block > storage and directory layer specific to disk storage and the upper RMS > deblocking/interpretation/pan-device layer, whereas Unix combines the two. > > Better acquainting yourself with what CAS means in the context of > contemporary disk storage solutions might be a good idea as well, since it > bears no relation to RMS (nor to virtually any Unix file system). > > - bill > > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > -- ------------------------------------------------------ Blog: http://fakoli.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
