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How To Implement A Database Oriented File System

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-think-about dept.

ALundi writes "A really great read from Andrew Orlowski over at The Register on how Benoit Schillings and Dominic Giampaolo created the 64-bit journaled and attribute based Be File System. Schillings and Giampaolo discuss a variety of design and implementation issues, including data integrity and file system performance. " Interesting in the context of MSFTs plans to implement a DB filesystem in future versions of MS Windows.

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  1. Database-like by fm6 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It's important to note that they ended up with something "database-like" rather than a true relational DBMS. That distinction is often overlooked (not least by MySQL enthusiasts!) and is pretty important. The thought of a workstation file system that has all the performance and maintenance issues of a "real" DBMS strikes me as pretty scary.

    XFS is also "database-like". But BFS seems to be rather more ambititous an effort -- and very intriguing.

    This is one of several BeOS features that the Open Source community should reall consider stealing. But let's consider these features individually, with one eye on whether they're likely to achieve acceptance outside the ranks of BeOS enthusiasts. Let's not waste time on wholesale BeOS clones and compatibility layers. Those are exercises in denial. BeOS was a nice piece of work, but it's as dead as CP/M. Deal with it.