[ZODB-Dev] Re: PartitionedFileStorage

[Chris Withers]

Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Chris Withers wrote:
> 
>> Seriously though, what would be the reasons for _not_ including it?
> 
> It could incur support costs,

Really? How would supporting partitioning increase the burden of supporting 
FileStorage?

> and I'd feel really bad if it trashed 
> somebody's database because of a pointer miscalculation. 

Less likely if more people are using it ;-)

> There has also 
> been a consensus that it isn't really needed, since the alternatives are 
> sufficient.

What are the alternatives?

> But I recently saw one case where it would have been the 
> perfect solution, so I decided to maintain it some more.

Well, it appears to be a perfect solution here too, so lots of FreeZopers have 
you to thank :-)

> P.S. Please keep daily backups. :-)

I think we do ;-)

cheers,

Chris