On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 2:18 AM Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 5/4/20 11:37 PM, David Rientjes wrote: > > Since this is becoming a generic API (good!!), maybe we can discuss > > possible ways to optimize gathering of stats in mass? > > Sure, the idea of a binary format was considered from the beginning in > [1], and it can be done either together with the current filesystem, or > as a replacement via different mount options. ASCII stats are not scalable. A binary format is definitely the way to go.