Timwi wrote:
But then again, the way LiveJournal handles userpics
(or blobs in
general) makes backing up a consistent state easier for two reasons: (1)
The same blob ID is never used for different blobs. (2) The same blob,
for as long as it exists, is always found under the same ID.
Yes, this is the way I would have designed it too. However, NetApps
are quite expensive NFS file servers, and they are soooo 1999. :-)
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