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mastermindg · 10-29-2010, 10:10 AM

Thanks for all the input!!

Just to clarify...My concern is not for disk space (I've got 6TB available), it's for unnecessary use of disk space. It's not the cost of the disk space...it's the principle of it.

Example.....

I use an application to index my movie collection (800 GB). This application allows me to search my movies in a variety of ways including by multiple actors, directors, etc. It also allows me to chose how I'd like to view the movie. But it does NOT require me to duplicate my collection locally. I think most people would stop using it if it did.

In summary: The idea that replication is somehow a function of indexing is absurd. That's like saying that to search the web you'd need to COPY it and then extrapolate it. If this was the case we wouldn't be having this conversation for another 20 years.

I hope that this application can progress beyond the need to "meddle" with a physical file-system. It would be more useful if it could.

10-29-2010, 10:10 AM	#8
mastermindg Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Stanza iPod	Thanks for all the input!! Just to clarify...My concern is not for disk space (I've got 6TB available), it's for unnecessary use of disk space. It's not the cost of the disk space...it's the principle of it. Example..... I use an application to index my movie collection (800 GB). This application allows me to search my movies in a variety of ways including by multiple actors, directors, etc. It also allows me to chose how I'd like to view the movie. But it does NOT require me to duplicate my collection locally. I think most people would stop using it if it did. In summary: The idea that replication is somehow a function of indexing is absurd. That's like saying that to search the web you'd need to COPY it and then extrapolate it. If this was the case we wouldn't be having this conversation for another 20 years. I hope that this application can progress beyond the need to "meddle" with a physical file-system. It would be more useful if it could.