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We can talk about even more general idea of saving file space: compression. Ever heard about it used across the whole filesystems?
by avmich 9mo ago
We can talk about even more general idea of saving file space: compression. Ever heard about it used across the whole filesystems?
- eeeficus 9mo agoYou introduce overhead on both read and write without being a better solution to OPs problem.
- fh973 9mo agoMost compressible file formats are already compressed, and with compression you lose efficient non-sequential IO.
- praseodym 9mo agoMicrosoft MS-DOS and Windows supported this in the 90s with DriveSpace, and modern file systems like btrfs and zfs also support transparent compression.