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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:27:31 -0400, valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu
<valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> No, he means "offload the processing of the filesystem to the disk itself".

I know what was meant.

I'm not saying the filesystem on the drive is very advanced, but it's
still a filesystem.  Our "Record ID" is the LBA identifier, and all
records are 1 block in size.  We can handle defects, reallocations,
and other issues, with some success.