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From: dws@tolerant.UUCP (Dave W. Smith)
Newsgroups: net.database
Subject: Re: UNIX + database
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 13:17:33 EDT
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> 	Some people say that 'extent-based' file systems are inherently
> faster than unix's.

> ... So, what are your opinions?
> 			Michael Shannon ({ihnp4,hplabs}!oliveb!3comvax!mikes)

We built extents into our rewrite of the Unix file system, and allow primary
and secondary extent sizes of 1K to a current max of 8Mb.  Avoiding indirect
blocks when dealing with big files is *really* nice.
-- 
  David W. Smith             {ucbvax}!tolerant!dws
  Tolerant Systems, Inc.
  408/946-5667