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Provide side needs disk access
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Description
We currently use a temporary flat store on the provide side to store the outboards. We could have a mixed store that stores outboards and paths in memory, but leaves the actual files in the file system. This would mean being able to provide from a readonly file system.
The downside is that the outboards would have to be permanently in memory, which might not be great when sharing giant files.
Outboard = 1/256 of data size, so it would only be a problem for truly large sizes.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the provide-side temporary flat store and how it handles outboards and paths. Investigate whether a mixed store can keep outboards and paths in memory while leaving file contents on the filesystem. Done means providing works from a read-only filesystem, with the memory cost for outboards understood.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100