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   From: zaphod@no.texas.spam.net   
      
   "bigbinc"  wrote in message   
   news:d1b33313.0401081514.22b13c31@posting.google.com...   
   > Michael Borgwardt  wrote in message   
   news:...   
   > > bigbinc wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > This is cool stuff,   
   > >   
   > > "Really idiotic" is the expression I'd use.   
   >   
   > You are kidding me right, A filesystem is basically a database full   
   > of file nodes.   
   >   
   > If you are dealing in a one OS, one machine fine, standard file access   
   > is great.    If you are dealing with heterogenous networks, where NFS   
   > is not available, then a Databased filesystem may in fact be the only   
   > way to go.   
   >   
   > See oracle internet filesystem.   
   >   
   > http://otn.oracle.com/documentation/ifs_arch.html   
   >   
   > Plus the fact, where is your data and performance stats, as you very   
   > well know to say an approach in the computer industry is completely   
   > idiotic, is idiotic.   
      
   I think what he was referring to was the idea of breaking the files into   
   tiny chunks. Essentially, that would be purposely fragmenting the database.   
   And with a maximum fragment size of 4k, that would be really bad.   
      
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