Elektrified X.org released

Elektrified X.org released

Posted Dec 2, 2004 22:55 UTC (Thu) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)
In reply to: Elektrified X.org released by evgeny
Parent article: Elektrified X.org released

> > But please name one thing a database provides that a
> > filesystem doesn't.
>
> Expressions (aka views). E.g. SELECT * FROM user WHERE
> user.id > 400 - to have a list of "real" users - used,
> for example, to send an announce email. Etc.

OTOH, the strict typing of the data will get back at you when you try something like:

grep -rl /home/joe /etc/

> Other things are replication,

Try rsync

> atomicity, true locking,

What about filesystem-level locking?

> notifications,

Change notification for a directory is available.

> rollbacks, versioning,

Put arch/subversion in there (cvs probably won't do as it does not support renames)

> transparent remote access,

Add a remote-access daemon. Quite simple to implement. You have to figure out the authentication method first. Currently practically no existing daemon intgrates well enough with the system.

> scalability (in _both_ directions).

Filesystem access is quite scalable

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