Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:43:50 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman@crackmonkey.us> To: Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The Elephant file system Message-ID: <46C64ED6.2000304@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <340a29540708161313y139d51c3o2f9eb3303c4e47dd@mail.gmail.com> References: <340a29540708161313y139d51c3o2f9eb3303c4e47dd@mail.gmail.com>
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Andrew Falanga wrote: > Hi, > > I was doing some research for file systems at work and came across > some semi-technical papers on a file system called elephant. Since > this paper mentions that the designers first tried their > implementation on FreeBSD 2.2.7, I thought I'd ask here if anyone has > ever heard of this file system. If so, is this something that is > available in FreeBSD or is this just an interesting academic exercise? > If this isn't is use, why? Also, if not in use, is there another > file system (by another name) that does something similar? This file > system sounds like a great idea. > > A link to get the paper I mentioned is here: > > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Alistair_Veitch/papers/elephant-hotos/index.html > > Andy Hi Andy, I only read the abstract but this sounds like what Google do with Gmail. Perhaps this paper is where they got the idea for it. [Did Gmail start before or after 2001? I have no idea.] Sounds like a neat idea, as long as it doesn't become the main file system, because it definitely isn't for me. I have small hard drives and no money. Disk space is definitely a scarce resource for me. Sigh. Adam J Richardson
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