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		mpweiher on Dec 7, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: File systems unfit as distributed storage back end... Maybe the OS is not the right layer for this?

mbreese on Dec 8, 2019 [–]

What other layer could it be in? (Legitimately curious)

valenciarose on Dec 8, 2019 | [–]

In userland, for one. Or an unprivileged service in a microkernel O/S. There are a lot of concerns jammed into the current concept of filesystem.

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