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Conflict resolution is the issue here. Effectively sync systems like DropBox and iCloud do this by flagging conflicting edits when you come back online and dup
by samwillis 4y ago
Conflict resolution is the issue here.
Effectively sync systems like DropBox and iCloud do this by flagging conflicting edits when you come back online and duplicate files (new a new file name) so there is no data loss.
For a lower level file system though that's not really possible as you may be running databases, or other data models, that need to understand conflict resolution themselves.
- em-bee 4y agowhy would you share a database over a distributed filesystem, other than for backup purposes where you only have a single source so you should never get a conflict?
- BlueTemplar 4y agoSee cryptocurrencies.
- PhilipRoman 4y agoFor my personal use case I don't really care about conflicts - they could be crudely resolved by a timestamp or even randomly. Having backups in the event of a conflict would be good. Files are never updated incrementally, just added, renamed or deleted.