Re: MySQL file system

I wasn't following the thread too closely, but database for a filesystem has
been done.  BeOS uses a database for a filesystem as well as AS/400 and
Mainframes.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: "Robert D. Nelson" <RDNELSON@co.centre.pa.us>
Cc: "Joseph Shraibman" <jks@selectacast.net>; "Karl DeBisschop"
<karl@debisschop.net>; "Ned Lilly" <ned@greatbridge.com>; "PostgreSQL
General" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] MySQL file system


> * Robert D. Nelson <RDNELSON@co.centre.pa.us> [010117 05:17] wrote:
> > >Raw disk access allows:
> >
> > If I'm correct, mysql is providing a filesystem, not a way to access raw
> > disk, like Oracle does. Huge difference there - with a filesystem, you
have
> > overhead of FS *and* SQL at the same time.
>
> Oh, so it's sort of like /proc for mysql?
>
> What a terrible waste of time and resources. :(
>
> --
> -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
> "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."