From: Michael S. <ms...@ch...> - 2009-08-31 23:03:00
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> Yes I know you run Open Solaris. However, 99.99% of computer users > don't so we don't have access to zfs. On the other hand free sql > database applications are available on just about any OS. Why is so > hard to understand that Open Solaris is not just an option for the > average user. It is also a lot easier to install a vanilla sql > database app then to set up and maintain a new Open Solaris server > just to run BackupPC. zfs isn't confined to Solaris; it's now available in FreeBSD, and there are plans to make it available in Linux through fuse. > This is getting ridiculous. Just because BackupPC meets the needs of > your particular environment doesn't mean that it meets other peoples' > needs. Just because a word processor has tables doesn't mean you shouldn't be using a spreadsheet. > Then that is good I suppose since everyone was arguing for how > reliable filesystem-based tools are. The point is that a database is another layer on top of the filesystem, so there's simply more that can go wrong. > Highly unlikely. Why would a single database query and filesystem lookup > be slower than having to find/open/read/decompress/parse an attrib file? Why would it be any faster? Parse SQL, seek indexes, look up data tables, relate to other table, format, return to client... |