Re: [IDEA] - run-length compaction of block numbers

[Hans Reiser]

Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:47:55 +0300, Hans Reiser said:
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>  
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> > This is already done, they are called "extent"s.  Reiser4 uses them, XFS 
> > uses them, I think Veritas may have been the first to use them but I am 
> > not sure of this, maybe it was IBM.
> >    
>
> Does the extent-based disk allocation used by OS/360 in 1964 count? :)
>  
Probably.  Tell me more about it.

--
Hans


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