Comment Database filesystems (Score 1) 251
That's a filesystem problem, showing the limitations of the ext2fs filesystem. A database shouldn't have to implement its own filesystem just because the current one is extremely limited.
Why not? In exokernels, including ExOs, "redefining the filesystem" could be routine. A filesystem created for user use is not necessarily the best kind for database use (or web cache use, for another example).
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