Would this be possible to implement ontop ZFS? Maybe it is a dumb idea, I dont know. What do you think, and how to improve this?
Assume all files are put in the zpool, helter skelter. And then you can create arbitrary different filters that shows you the files you want to see. As of now, you have files in one directory structure. This makes the organization of the files, hardcoded. You have /Movies/Action and that is it. But if you had all movies in one large zpool, and if you could programmatically define different structures that act as filters, you could have different directory structures. Programmatically defined directory structure1, that acts on the zpool: /Movies/Action Programmatically defined directory structure2: /Movies/Actors/AlPacino etc. Maybe this is what MS WinFS was about? Maybe tag the files? Maybe a relational database ontop ZFS? Maybe no directories at all? I dont know, just brain storming. Is this is a dumb idea? Or old idea? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
