Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems with hardlink-based backups...
2009-08-31 16:01:19
> I don't see why everything needs to worship at the alter of atomic
> operations. There are other ways to ensure that things don't go wrong.
There probably isn't, frankly. And is there a better way of ensuring
synchrony?
> Again, it would be helpful to know some specific use cases that you
> are concerned about then we can think about potential "locking"
> mechanisms or checks to make sure that nothing breaks.
Were you being ironic, or did you answer your own question?
Atomic operations ensures that nobody has to come up with all the possible
ways that two disparate systems can drift apart. Keeping a database in
sync with a filesystem? Frankly, there are hundreds of things that can go
wrong.
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