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0 pointsnoAnswer3y ago0 comments

Using split, cat or rar doesn't allow random access.

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But also this "extension" doesn't seem like allowing it.

On the contrary (but it is a specific "niche" case) the mentioned vmdk split format allows to mount the vmdk same as monolithic, with full random access.

noAnswerOP3y ago

Of course it does. "BigFAT allows random read and write access to any file, even if larger than 4GB, as required by databases."

jaclaz3y ago

I think we are talking of two different things, I was talking of the extension document/specification, that one seems to bring no particular innovation.

The actual implementation (by SEGGER or by someone else):

>Q: Can I implement BigFAT myself?

>A: Absolutely. BigFAT is a specification made available by SEGGER. Anybody is free to write a piece of software implementing it. No fees, no royalties, no headaches. You do not even have to let SEGGER or anybody else know.

is what may allow that (random access), this implementation would be useful if - instead of a "feature" of a given app/program - it would be implemented as a filesystem driver of sorts.

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jaclaz3y ago

But also this "extension" doesn't seem like allowing it.

On the contrary (but it is a specific "niche" case) the mentioned vmdk split format allows to mount the vmdk same as monolithic, with full random access.

noAnswerOP3y ago

Of course it does. "BigFAT allows random read and write access to any file, even if larger than 4GB, as required by databases."

jaclaz3y ago

I think we are talking of two different things, I was talking of the extension document/specification, that one seems to bring no particular innovation.

The actual implementation (by SEGGER or by someone else):

>Q: Can I implement BigFAT myself?

is what may allow that (random access), this implementation would be useful if - instead of a "feature" of a given app/program - it would be implemented as a filesystem driver of sorts.

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