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> you'd use something higher-level than a filesystem (e.g. a database); those exist and offer sane semantics In many cases they offer the exact same semantics
by fiedzia 8y ago
> you'd use something higher-level than a filesystem (e.g. a database); those exist and offer sane semantics
In many cases they offer the exact same semantics (damn you, mysql). Also they store data in files, and those files have to be named, so... back to square one.
- lmm 8y ago> In many cases they offer the exact same semantics (damn you, mysql). I mean bad databases exist, sure, but the solution to that is to not use those. > Also they store data in files, and those files have to be named, so... back to square one. Not really - the database developers have handled the fsync, buffering and what-have-you for you, so you don't have to deal with them. (And FWIW serious databases generally offer the option of storing data on raw partitions).