[nzlug] 'Chunked' file systems?

[Peter Butler]

> Mmm, thanks. By 'many' I mean several tens of thousands. Do your 
> comments still apply as regards ext2/3?
I'm not sure of your exact requirements, but it sounds to me like you 
need a database rather than a filesystem.  If you still need something 
that looks like a filesystem you could use one of the FUSE modules to 
make a database look like a filesystem:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mysqlfs/
http://www.thesaguaros.com/beta/newsag/products/dbtoyfs/

Another option is libferris, it allows access to Berkley DB files 
(amongst others) as though they are filesystems, Linux Journal had a 
good article on some of the capabilities of libferris a while back:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8901

Cheers

Peter