[ZODB-Dev] Re: PartitionedFileStorage

[Shane Hathaway]

Myroslav Opyr wrote:

(snipped questions answered in other emails)

>> - Mount databases to split up storage into multiple files; or
>>
> Is that like wikistorage on zope.org? Packing mounted storages, what is 
> issue with that?

This solution is like the zope.org wiki storage, yes, but DBTab is the 
new way to mount databases.  DBTab doesn't have the issues ExternalMount 
had.

>> The advantage of PartitionedFileStorage is that it's just as easy to use
>> as FileStorage.  It creates multiple files only as needed, so you can
>> forget it's there.  It's only a small step above FileStorage, though, so
>> don't use it to store 100 GB.
>>  
>>
> But 10Gb database should survive with that. PartitionedStorage should 
> solve the issue for application with 2Gb/year ZODB growth speed.

That's right.

Shane