[Gllug] MS & LSE ROFL!

[Bruce Richardson]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:42:57PM +0000, James wrote:
> Most backup software can use multiple drives to backup the same filesystem,
> using one huge filesystem isn't much better to backup than multiple ones if
> the data needs to be consistant over all of them at the same time.

If you have a large amount of data which needs to be consistent, a
filesystem is the wrong mechanism in the first place.  The designers of
the systems which use the data need first to define their data model and
then to design a storage system which matches its needs.  Filesystem
semantics are almost always inappropriate - overdesigned in some areas
and insufficiently flexible in most others.

-- 
Bruce

I see a mouse.  Where?  There, on the stair.  And its clumsy wooden
footwear makes it easy to trap and kill.  -- Harry Hill
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