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Post #71,011

12/26/02 8:30:26 PM

ADS=alternative data stream. Define what it is. It holds information about the data content or the data itself in some cases. it emulates a database so WTF do you think LDAP does or is capaable of? Why reinvent the wheel when there is a working available tool? Please explain why you could not use LDAP to do that.
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bill

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Post #71,047

by folkert

12/27/02 1:19:43 AM

I understand the principle...

BUT....

Local FileSystem... vs. Network Service...

Yes, possible... Why?

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Post #71,049

by boxley

12/27/02 1:31:44 AM

Bang head on floor

It is a database that contains ino about data files, the fact that it is network centric is feature. It stores info about connections, security, levels of ability and a whol bowlfull(think toilet) of other info. Why not direct file specific info about security levels, infospec, place on disk, security info in the same, place? Computing is not about confusion only programmers think that way. When was the last time you went to the public library, this shit is not knew.
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Post #71,093

by folkert

12/27/02 1:20:18 PM

Okay... Okay... Okay...

No flaming here buddy...

But, I can see some inherent problems with putting what I'll term "Meta-Data" about the Primary "Data" in a Directory service or "Alternate Data Function"... Okay, now for it to actually work properly with the WAY filesystem currently work, you'd have to put a "FAM" or File Alteration Monitor in place, or an Abstraction Layer called virtually which actually does the I/O.

Performance hit. Possibility for "Interception/Alteration" is far greater. If you were to slop this on top of EXT2/3 and Make it EXT4... Well... I can just imagine... It'd be GREAT to support all of this. But I just can;t see the current Format or Structure of the resaonable filesystems supporting it well.

Now there are only couple of filesystems I see capable of transforming into a "Multi-Stream Journaling File-System" currently, one of course ReiserFS. It already is a form of Database under the traditional inode system. I am sure others will disagree with me... BUT...

adding a "directory" ontop of an existing filesystem will always give you fragility and slower performance {hence NTFS fragmentation performance sucks) once the filesystem ages. Also, this would apply more to MAC HFS+ also. I am guessing why we haven't really seen it, is just that we've never really seen a NON HFS filesystem on MacOS. OSX... now we can see it. I'd like to know how much difference we really see in speed from HFS+ to UFS. IF any.

Blah, Blah, Blah... Yackety... Schmackety... I am just rambling now.

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