Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:27:24 +0200 From: Mikhail Kupchik <mikhail.kupchik@prime-expert.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD Message-ID: <50D49BFC.60304@prime-expert.com> In-Reply-To: <20121221095424.7a92e245@tech304> References: <20121219080412.5396aeb6@scorpio> <874njimak6.fsf@Shanna.FStaals.net> <20121219092347.4cafd59d@scorpio> <CADLo83_UtFniAskL9fCNp=VqK3NKC%2BOg30Z6JU1J9R%2BVqhJCxg@mail.gmail.com> <20121221095424.7a92e245@tech304>
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21.12.2012 17:54, Mark Felder wrote: > On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:45:13 +0000 > Chris Rees<utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> It needs porting to kevent. >> > Last time I talked to the Dropbox guys they said kevent isn't good enough. Something about tracking a large tree is too difficult. Similar to what the dev of lsync said. (rsync daemon that initiaties transfers when it noticies files changing). > > Maybe a FUSE filesystem, kind of "filtering layer" above real filesystem, can be used to track all changes in the large tree without consuming kernel resources for each subdirectory? -- Best regards, Mikhail Kupchik mailto:Mikhail.Kupchik@prime-expert.com
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