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Because S3 is a K/V Store, not a file system.
by yzmtf2008 8y ago
Because S3 is a K/V Store, not a file system.
- bcheung 8y agoFile systems can be used as key value as well. The Key is the path, and the value is the contents of the file. Most modern filesystems also have metadata. Granted it's not hierarchical, so listing a bucket lists everything in every folder, but I don't see why that's too big of a concern. Especially since there are pseudo directories in many of the S3 tools. Many people use S3 and have a folder-like hierarchical naming convention anyways. With WebDAV, the URL is the key, and the value is the contents of the upload / download.