From 0419d60cd0081058d81816e393654026e520fa80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Slaven Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:42:09 -0800 Subject: Note about how to try out the filesystem diff --git a/QUICKSTART b/QUICKSTART new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce3f092 --- /dev/null +++ b/QUICKSTART @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +mkdir store mnt +./fusearchive.py `pwd`/store `pwd`/mnt + +Now copy in some files. If you copy the same file over and over then a du +in mnt will show it's growing, however a du in store will show much less +growth, mostly just for the single fileobject ref. + +Copying very similar files (such as files that grow over time like +databases or logs) will show the growth much more slowly in the storage +directory because the redundant chunks will become refs too. + -- cgit v0.10.2