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From: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: reiser4 performance
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 21:55:45 -0400
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On 8/8/05, David Masover <ninja@slaphack.com> wrote:
> "Reiser4 would be great if..." is getting old.  It is great, and it's
> getting even better pretty fast.
>=20
> And, by the way, if the transaction interface gets done, it's not just
> databases that will benefit, but also small files.  After all, what kind
> of transactions are used for your OpenOffice document? =20
...

Well there doesn't actually need to be a transaction interface for
postgresql's needs.. it just needs a fairly limited set of assurances
from the VFS/FS that ... aren't usually provided. Beyond that, it
already handles its own transactions.  It looks like from Hans' reply
the reiser4 already provides everything needed.. which I had
suspected.