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Re:JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top o... by tuhgdetzhh on Thursday January 15, 2026 @05:36PM (#46640397)
I think they should replace Redis with Valkey or even better use rocksdb.
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Re:JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top o... by fpoling on Friday January 16, 2026 @02:15AM (#46643887)
But how would RocksDB work with S3? It needs support for append that generic S3 buckets do not provide and for checkpoints and backup it assumes the support for hardlinks that S3 does not have at all.
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Re:JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top o... by tuhgdetzhh on Friday January 16, 2026 @03:24PM (#46651726)
SeaweedFS has a RocksDB metadata backend for instance.
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