New Object Storage Protocol Could Mean the End for POSIX

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"The need for a POSIX interface could be bypassed altogether with object storage by using a REST interface for applications.

NVMeOF and memory mapping technologies, paired with object storage, will change the way data centers, data lakes, and individuals process data. Network computing power and speed will skyrocket. Though this may have its limitations - transferring data in file and block storage to object storage, for one - it will mean new developments for data-intensive computing. In a time where data centers and cloud infrastructure must rapidly scale to meet demands for data storage and processing, accessing object storage through memory mapping could be an unparalleled way to accelerate data center performance.

The mmap_obj() developers note that one piece of work still needs to be done: there needs to be a munmap_obj() function to release data from the user space, similar to the POSIX function."


https://www.enterprisestorageforum....ge-protocol-could-mean-the-end-for-posix.html
 
"The need for a POSIX interface could be bypassed altogether with object storage by using a REST interface for applications.

NVMeOF and memory mapping technologies, paired with object storage, will change the way data centers, data lakes, and individuals process data. Network computing power and speed will skyrocket. Though this may have its limitations - transferring data in file and block storage to object storage, for one - it will mean new developments for data-intensive computing. In a time where data centers and cloud infrastructure must rapidly scale to meet demands for data storage and processing, accessing object storage through memory mapping could be an unparalleled way to accelerate data center performance.

The mmap_obj() developers note that one piece of work still needs to be done: there needs to be a munmap_obj() function to release data from the user space, similar to the POSIX function."


https://www.enterprisestorageforum....ge-protocol-could-mean-the-end-for-posix.html
So they want to replace POSIX which is a low level interface, with a REST interface? Lol, it seems.... they still need underlying posix interfaces to make any of it work. It's like saying I no longer need to use TCP/IP for my web-page, I'll just use ReactJS!!! Genious, no more TCP/IP, except you know... even using a higher level thing and not writing my own TCP/IP doesn't mean I don't use it, it just means I'm working on a higher level. I'm pretty sure linux is still mostly posix compatible and they aren't bypassing the entire linux kernel and implementing "rest interfaces" for it. Click bait at its finest. They want to use different functionality to replace some parts of posix which they think they can do a little better. Great, that's been done for decades now in multiple OS's. Congratulations, and welcome to the 1970's. And theyt even say they still need a piece of code to make it work, that is almost the same as the posix function it's replacing. Anyways, cool, they want to optimize data storage a bit, it's not the end of posix.
 
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