[ros-dev] Idea: File System Options

[Rick Langschultz]

There has been much talk about a file system that would be compatible with
Microsofts implementation of NTFS. There has also been discussion about
using something like the ext variants of filesystems, so here are my
thoughts:

Option 1 - Write an EXT3 - NTFS VFAT translation driver to allow ext3 to be
the underlying filesystem.

I believe Mac OS X uses something like this with the way it can translate
Mac OS X:Applications:Utilities into /Applications/Utilities.

Option 2 - Build your own proprietary filesystem incorporating things that
people would like in the filesystem.

Option 3 - Build a file system but include features in the operating system
that can be turned on and off like Compression or journaling.

Option 4 - Build a filesystem that encrypts itself throught the kernel or a
program on the system with a public and a private key, kind of like SSL.

Option 5 - Keep the same file system intact, write a driver that allows
users to encrypt a "folder" which is actually a file on the drive, when a
user double clicks on a file the folder is either mounted based on a
ticketing system or credentials, or, asked for a master password or a
password that will give certain but not all priveleges.

Personally this would be my choice.

Tell me what you all think.