Re: Using md5 sum of file contents as key

2008-04-19 Thread Jeff Fisher
Ian Sherratt wrote: Cheers everybody for their thoughts - it looks like its a good call for us, and its very reassuring to know we're not the first to either have the idea, or try it :) Good reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venti Jeff

Re: Using md5 sum of file contents as key

2008-04-18 Thread Justin Azoff
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 12:30 +0100, Ian Sherratt wrote: Heya, [...] We're considering using mogilefs as a storage solution, using a md5 sum (or SHA-xx) of the file's contents as the key. This key would be stored by each application in their own databases along with all the metainformation