[Info-vax] Re; Spiralog, RMS Journaling (was Re: FREESPADRIFT)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-06-29 12:15:04 +0000,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG said:

> See how well that works for you when you need to append a chunk of data 
> (ie. a record) to your files.

I'd hope that advancing the pointer to the end of the user data and 
writing would be sufficient.

> Blocks are the container for the file, much like a bottle contains a fluid.

Blocks and the whole related morass is baggage secondary to addressing 
limitations of the that particular non-volatile storage devices and 
buses.

That the design is user-visible and as endemic in application code is 
going to mean a century of effort to expunge it all, if (when?) 
byte-addressable storage becomes commonplace.



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