GIT is built to manage a large collection of small files. e.g. the linux kernel repos, files that are a only a few KB on average. It is optimized to operate fas

GIT is built to manage a large collection of small files. e.g. the linux kernel repos, files that are a only a few KB on average. It is optimized to operate fast on such a cluster of small blobs, but as soon as it processes bigger files (MB,GB) its performance and advantages degrade a lot. Also, the lack of partial checkout makes it painful to get only a subset of the large files that you are storing. Probably because you wouldn't want to checkout only part of the linux kernel. But those limitations may only be in the Git porcelain, all the plumbing underneath might be a great base for the concept of a distributed file system. GIT is the first step in the right direction, or even could be the platform to support it. http://www.wizbit.org/drupal/ http://www.wizbit.org/drupal/ is a company that tries to achieve something like that.