Q: Mailbox format

[cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org]

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> CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> > I believe Longhorn uses SQL Server for its filesystem.
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> Actually, the new WinFS is simply an NTFS filesystem with an SQL
> database used to store detailed metadata about the files. The files
> themselves are still stored in NTFS.

Isn't this reflecting how they "dumbed down" the initial plans?

> And I wouldn't mention WinFS when talking about performance; we all know
> the minimal requirements for Windows Longhorn will include a P4 2.4GHz
> :)

Ah, but everybody knows that CPU power is far less important than SCSI
bandwidth when looking at database applications...
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