=> On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 17:39:55 -0700, "Joshua S. Bassi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> What the heck is that all about? Would somebody from the DB team (Mike > Karzmarski...) like to explain this one? They needed something to fill up a bunch of space. The three obvious choices are nulls, a fixed pattern, and random bits. Nulls could be "sparse"-ized down in some filesystems, causing problems down the line. Random bits have the problem that it can be very difficult to figure out, a posteriori, where you have and haven't overwritten anything. So you pick a pattern, and do it lots. Eric got to pick. :) - Allen S. Rout
