Re: MySQL file system - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Prasanth Kumar
Subject Re: MySQL file system
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Msg-id 006401c0809d$d43d6cb0$be55fea9@c654771a
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In response to RE: MySQL file system  ("Robert D. Nelson" <RDNELSON@co.centre.pa.us>)
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> >Then I realized that although I had the disk space for the total file
> >size, they were mostly smaller than a block on my disk, so I was going
> >to loose alot of space.
>
> The solution to this is sub-allocation, which Novell has achieved. NOT a
DB
> filesystem.
>
> >It's not earth shattering, and sure there are other solutions. But it's
> >cute and could be useful. Add some bugs and a few security compromises,
> >and it almost looks like M$.
>
> Heh, except the stuff from Microsoft is likely more useful ;)
>
>
> Rob Nelson
> rdnelson@co.centre.pa.us
>
Doesn't ReiserFS support sub-allocation? I have never used it but remember
that it was supposed to be efficient in storage of small files.


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