Sorry, everybody has different background of knowledge. Hard to understand where the question comes from.
They were straightforward questions. The paper you linked talks about blobs as a term for appending to files. Mostly it seems to be about wrapping and replicating XFS.
Is that why you are avoiding talking about specifics? Are you wrapping XFS?
> Why does a user need that? Filesystems already break up files into blocks / sectors. Why wouldn't a user just deal with files and let the filesystem handle it?
A blob has its own storage, which can be replicated to other hosts in case current host is not available. It can scale up independently of the file metadata.
Why does a user need that? Filesystems already break up files into blocks / sectors. Why wouldn't a user just deal with files and let the filesystem handle it?
I really don't understand why you aren't eager to explain the differences and what problems are being solved.
chrislusf|2 years ago
Sorry, everybody has different background of knowledge. Hard to understand where the question comes from. I think https://www.usenix.org/system/files/fast21-pan.pdf may be helpful here.
CyberDildonics|2 years ago
They were straightforward questions. The paper you linked talks about blobs as a term for appending to files. Mostly it seems to be about wrapping and replicating XFS.
Is that why you are avoiding talking about specifics? Are you wrapping XFS?
chrislusf|2 years ago
A blob has its own storage, which can be replicated to other hosts in case current host is not available. It can scale up independently of the file metadata.
CyberDildonics|2 years ago
I really don't understand why you aren't eager to explain the differences and what problems are being solved.