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I think it is a good idea. It is a bit more complex than using Unison, but it should be more generalisable. I think the real key to creating a simple and low c
by danieltillett 11y ago
I think it is a good idea. It is a bit more complex than using Unison, but it should be more generalisable.
I think the real key to creating a simple and low cost reliable system is to have this in mind when you design your application. I could have used a database just as easily as a flat file approach, but this would have made things much more complicated to replicate between the nodes.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoI appreciate the feedback. This... "I think the real key to creating a simple and low cost reliable system is to have this in mind when you design your application. I could have used a database just as easily as a flat file approach, but this would have made things much more complicated to replicate between the nodes." ...is a great point. It echos the comments and thinking of Bernstein in his paper on lessons learned from Qmail. http://cr.yp.to/qmail/qmailsec-20071101.pdf http://cr.yp.to/qmail/qmailsec-20071101.pdf Particularly, section 4.5 "Reusing the filesystem."