[Zope] The Goblins of Zope

[Charlie Reiman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Toby
> Dickenson
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:18 AM
> To: Dieter Maurer; Paul T (spk)
> Cc: zope@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] The Goblins of Zope
>
>
> On Monday 13 January 2003 7:31 pm, Dieter Maurer wrote:
>
> >  > I tried looking, but found nothing
> >  > comparable to  "Norton Disk Doctor".
> >
> > I work under Unix. Therefore, I do not know (and usually
> > do not need) "Norton Disk Doctor"
>
> If a unix filesystem did not have a competent "fsck" tool, would
> you use it in
> production?

ZODB (as used by zope) is not a filesystem and, in fact, is a great deal
simpler. Real FSs have to manage a fixed amount of space, which means they
have fragmentation and free lists to handle. ZODB has no such issues, so
saying it needs a fsck is much like saying /etc/password needs a good fsck.
It doesn't. It's just a linear list of data records. As Zope uses ZODB, it
too is pretty much just a linear list of objects.

That's not to say it's bug free or flawless. But saying it needs a fsck
facility is just not true. Lopping off the end is a fine way to roll back
and a fsck wouldn't do any better.