On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Les Mikesell wrote:

> You also have to know how many references there are to each pool item.
> That is, pretty much duplicate the code of a filesystem without gaining
> much.  And you can't let any of this change for the duration it takes to
> complete your mirroring.

I understand how the hardlinks are used (and it works pretty well) but I 
can't help but think that a database of file references would work as well 
(possibly better) than the hardlinks...

Just my two cents.

Cheers, Stephen
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