Re: [Ext2-devel] Re: [RFC] file extents for EXT3

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:53:28 -0400 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| Alex Tomas wrote:
| > hello all!
| > 
| > there are several problems with old good method ext2/ext3
| > use to store map of block for an inode. for example, ext3's
| > truncate is quite slow. I think extents could solve this
| > and some other troubles. so ...
| > 
| > 
| > in fact, design is taken from htree modern ext2/ext3 uses. in constrast with
| > htree, it isn't backward-compatible.
| 
| Neat.  I really like extents, and think this is the best long-term 
| approach.  Apparently the ext3 maintainers do, too, because tytso/sct's 
| "ext roadmap" paper publishing a while ago describes extents, too.  (I 
| wish I had a URL for that)

like this?  http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix02/tech/freenix/tso.html


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