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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:54:23 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Ideas for gc on venti
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> one legitimate reason is the liability of keeping a user's data
> long after any business arrangements for storing such data has
> expired. this applies to kenfs too.

this is a good point.

are there any fs that have mechanisms to help
apply data retention policy?  if one does offline
backup, deleting only the stuff that needs to
be forgotten can be quite painful.

suppose (as a weak example) the labs' main worm
were subject to the normal business data retention
rules.  there would be a lot of history lost.

it's in the forgetting that memory is made useful.

- erik