From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 24 17:08:42 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15A8916A417 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:08:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jurjenm@stack.nl) Received: from mx1.stack.nl (meestal-mk5.stack.nl [IPv6:2001:610:1108:5010::149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC08113C4D5 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:08:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jurjenm@stack.nl) Received: by mx1.stack.nl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 2F79F41AE6; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:08:41 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-DCC: debian: toad.stack.nl 1169; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on toad.stack.nl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Relay-Country: NL Received: from jurjen (a62-251-106-27.adsl.xs4all.nl [62.251.106.27]) by mailhost.stack.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CED442E0D for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:08:34 +0100 (CET) Received: by jurjen (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:06:37 +0000 Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:06:37 +0000 From: Jurjen Middendorp To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071124180637.GB2727@s062107.lan> Mail-Followup-To: Jurjen Middendorp , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <754560.26481.qm@web50101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <754560.26481.qm@web50101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: FOTLP (Federation Of Terribly Lazy People) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:08:42 -0000 On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 10:43:24PM -0800, kasthurirangan balaji wrote: >Hi, > >I am using FreeBSD 6.1 on my laptop. I understand that >FreeBSD 7.0 will have ZFS file system. I did go >through the sun website to understand the advantages >of ZFS. Given that, will FreeBSD have a >BTree/B+Tree(replicating c++ multimaps, but file >based) by default on ZFS which i guess should be very >useful for persons like me who do not want a full >fledged database with all SQL features. I am aware of >the existence of dbm/ndbm/gdbm, but i guess all >support hash. If my thoughts are wrong, pls correct >me. I also hope that i have sent to the correct >mailing list. > >Thanks, >Balaji. Hello! i don't know about the filesystem things, but if you want a data base to program with, you can have a look at dbopen(3) :) - jurjen