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Remove a bunch of old language from the README. We're no longer in the early days of the open release so we can remove all the alpha quality language. And the system has grown sufficiently that the repo README isn't a great place for a small getting started doc. There just isn't room to do the subject justice. If we need such a thing for the project we'll put it as a first order doc in the repo that'd be distributed along with everything else. Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zab@versity.com>
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# Introduction
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scoutfs is a clustered in-kernel Linux filesystem designed to support
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large archival systems. It features additional interfaces and metadata
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so that archive agents can perform their maintenance workflows without
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walking all the files in the namespace. Its cluster support lets
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deployments add nodes to satisfy archival tier bandwidth targets.
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The design goal is to reach file populations in the trillions, with the
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archival bandwidth to match, while remaining operational and responsive.
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Highlights of the design and implementation include:
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* Fully consistent POSIX semantics between nodes
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* Atomic transactions to maintain consistent persistent structures
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* Integrated archival metadata replaces syncing to external databases
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* Dynamic seperation of resources lets nodes write in parallel
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* 64bit throughout; no limits on file or directory sizes or counts
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* Open GPLv2 implementation
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# Community Mailing List
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Please join us on the open scoutfs-devel@scoutfs.org [mailing list
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hosted on Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/a/scoutfs.org/forum/#!forum/scoutfs-devel)
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