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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Internal documentation for developers
Design decisions
Storage of binarydata
Directory tree in database
+ Testing
Coding guidelines
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@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ interface.
COPY FROM and COPY to as a fast, non-transactional mode?
+Pad blocks in data or not? Or all but the last one, allowing very
+small files to be stored efficiently.
+
Directory tree in database
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@@ -80,3 +84,13 @@ the connection, the loss of database connection could be temporary.
What should be reported back as temporary error state to FUSE?
EIO seems a good option (as if the disk would have temporary I/O
problems).
+
+Testing
+-------
+
+The makefile contains some basic functionallity tests (mostly using
+commands of the shell).
+
+bonnie is a good stress and performance tester. Don't despair because
+of poor performance, that's normal. :-)
+