[ZODB-Dev] Re: PartitionedFileStorage

[Chris Withers]

Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Ok, it's now in public CVS.
> 
> http://cvs.zope.org/Packages/PartitionedFileStorage/
> 
> The code automatically deals with varying partition sizes, so you can 
> have one partition that's 50 MB and another that's 100MB without any 
> surprises.  The PARTITIONED_FILE_SIZE parameter only specifies when to 
> start a *new* partition.
> 
> ...aw, what the heck, I'll help you out a little more.  I just made a 
> Zope-2_6-branch version of the FileStorage patch also.  Use 
> FileStorage_py_1_98_2_7.patch for the 2.6 branch.

You're a star :-)

BTW, what happens when you pack a partitioned FileStorage?

> BTW I just discovered another use for this.  You can run with partitions 
> normally off, then when you want to make a change that you'd like to 
> blow away afterward, you can turn on small partitions and do your 
> testing.  Afterward, you just delete the extra partitions and you're 
> back to exactly where you were.  I think that's pretty neat.

Very cool :-)

What needs to happen for this to be included in the standard Zope distribution?

cheers,

Chris