[Discuss] Versioning File Systems

[Richard Pieri]

On 5/7/2012 8:22 AM, Jerry Natowitz wrote:
> So in essence, you want a filesystem that does the equivalent of
> taking a snapshot every time the filesystem changes.

No.  Saving or modifying a file on a versioning file system is 
equivalent to "RENAME FILE.TXT FILE.TXT;23", where "23" is the next 
available version number, and writing out a new FILE.TXT.  There is an 
optional step of removing old versions if there is a set limit to the 
number of concurrent versions allowed.

It's really that simple.

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Rich P.