Comment by the8472
6 years ago
ZFS wanted to have that too (the mythical block pointer rewrite) but it never happend, instead they add clunky workarounds like indirection tables for.
6 years ago
ZFS wanted to have that too (the mythical block pointer rewrite) but it never happend, instead they add clunky workarounds like indirection tables for.
It was treated more like "ok, yet another person complaining about it - here's what you need to implement, and why you won't".
The indirection tables are survivable for fixing short term mistakes, though.