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Storage overhead. The loopback device is still a block device, if you skip this step, you don't have to waste the block overhead when storing a file that's s
by akira2501 12y ago
Storage overhead. The loopback device is still a block device, if you skip this step, you don't have to waste the block overhead when storing a file that's smaller than the block size. If you're going to store a large number of small-sized files, this fuse <-> sql bridge could be a win.
- shawnz 12y agoBut this has block overhead too. Why not just use a smaller block size?
- Dylan16807 12y agoIt uses blocks but records get packed on disk. (I think; it's certainly capable of it.) More obvious is that the database as a whole is dynamically sized.
- justincormack 12y agoSome filesystems can compress in this case.