Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 17:14:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott Hess <scott@avantgo.com> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proper uses for MFS? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005311711530.5626-100000@river.avantgo.com> In-Reply-To: <200005251705.NAA67491@blackhelicopters.org>
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On Thu, 25 May 2000, Michael Lucas wrote: > I'm writing an article on Memory File System, just because I think > it's massively cool. > > We had a thread some time ago on why MFS wasn't useful for certain > applications. I searched through the mail archives, and found lots of > things MFS wouldn't be right for, but not much of the other way around. > > What are some good, reasonable use for MFS nowadays? I've used it to store lockfiles in a simple database server. There are a variety of fast alternatives I could have used, but none of them were nearly as simple as using filesystem operations. MFS makes the simple implementation more than fast enough that I don't care to do the extra work... Later, scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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