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Re:Freqfs: In-memory filesystem cache for Rust by Koshkin on Friday October 01, 2021 @04:30PM (#28723096)
Modern filesystems in a way combine both approaches - they store the data unstructured but give the ability to also store metadata (attributes) in a structured way.
Re:Freqfs: In-memory filesystem cache for Rust by refenestrator on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:10PM (#28724425)
That functionality is mostly an afterthought in ext and ntfs, though. More of a big deal for Apple with hfs but still not something you'd build a database on.