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0 pointsnaasking6y ago0 comments

> File system allocation tables effectively are highly optimised databases already. I think the issue isn't the file system itself but rather the OS syscalls.

It really is the file systems as well. If allocation tables are highly optimized databases, they're not the kind of safe and robust database we're used to:

https://danluu.com/file-consistency/

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laumars6y ago

> If allocation tables are highly optimized databases, they're not the kind of safe and robust database we're used to

Those two points aren't mutually exclusive (that link, by the way, is discussing syscalls like I'd mentioned).

When I talk about "optimised" I mean in terms of other limits placed on the table that makes sense with regards to storing file metadata but wouldn't be desirable for a RDBMS.

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