[ZODB-Dev] Re: PartitionedFileStorage

[Shane Hathaway]

Chris Withers wrote:
> 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?

It creates more partitioned files and then renames them all at the end 
of the pack.  It's kind of fun to watch.

>> 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?

Rigorous testing and advocacy. ;-)

Shane