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Quote: Vesta keeps directory structure in memory with files stored as shortids

QuoteRef: heydA_2006 , p. 98



Topic:
file directory
Topic:
hierarchical structures
Topic:
log-structured rollback-recovery

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The [Vesta] repository keeps all of its directory … File data is of course stored separately in … [32-bit ID]. Every directory is implemented by a base pointer (possibly null) … [p. 99] the externally, visible directory tree is actually … To keep the directory data stable, the repository … [Birrell et al, ACM Symp Operating Systems Principles, 1987]. … [Checkpointing] is destructive, necessitating an immediate recovery from …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: Vesta stores directories as a DAG of base pointers plus lists of changes
Quote: log and checkpoint memory-resident data using a destructive checkpoint; recover data from the checkpoint file

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