Tux3: the other next-generation filesystem

Posted Dec 3, 2008 9:48 UTC (Wed) by niner (subscriber, #26151)
In reply to: Tux3: the other next-generation filesystem by Ze
Parent article: Tux3: the other next-generation filesystem

Hardware failures and accidental deletion is what we have backups for.

Tux3: the other next-generation filesystem

Posted Dec 4, 2008 3:54 UTC (Thu) by Ze (guest, #54182) [Link]

>Hardware failures and accidental deletion is what we have backups for I would argue that accidental deletion is one of the things that versioning should handle. Unfortunately backups offer only limited granularity along with people failing to use or test them. When you combine all that you can see why people a clear need for data recovery tools. People clearly feel a need for recovery tools since there are quite a few tools on the market both free and commercial. It makes sense to consider that use case when designing a file system. It can only lead to better documented and designed file system.

Tux3: the other next-generation filesystem

Posted Dec 4, 2008 17:40 UTC (Thu) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link]

Yes, and you'll still have backups for it in the future. But wouldn't it be nice to have a way out of your last backup having gone up in flames at a really inconvenient time? Is there some reason why it would be desirable to limit the number of ways of thwarting Murphy we permit ourselves? Because honestly, I can't think of one...