What is the difference between the various ZODB blobstorage layouts?

Question

The ZODB blobstorage directory contains a .layout file with the string \'lawn\', \'bushy\'.

What is the difference between the various blob storage directory formats

Answer 1

It is explained here: http://svn.zope.org/ZODB/trunk/src/ZODB/tests/blob_layout.txt?rev=101802&view=markup

FTA:

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Blob directory layouts

The internal structure of the blob directories is governed by so called layouts. The current default layout is called bushy.

The original blob implementation used a layout that we now call lawn and which is still available for backwards compatibility.

Layouts implement two methods: one for computing a relative path for an OID and one for turning a relative path back into an OID.

Our terminology is roughly the same as used in DirectoryStorage.

It also explains the formats in detail.