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Analyzed the CASKFS PostgreSQL schema architecture and documented findings for development reference.

Analysis Scope

Examined 4 schema files implementing a three-layer architecture:

  • Layer 0: Configuration and automation rules (config.sql)
  • Layer 1: Content-addressed storage with SHA256 deduplication (layer1-cas.sql)
  • Layer 2: Hierarchical file system with RBAC (layer2-fs.sql)
  • Layer 3: RDF/Linked Data graph storage (layer3-ld.sql)

Documentation Added

docs/sql-schema-analysis.md - 700+ line technical analysis covering:

  • 23 tables with field-level documentation and usage patterns
  • 11 views including materialized view performance characteristics
  • 7 stored functions with PL/pgSQL logic explanations
  • Entity relationships and data flow across layers
  • Performance considerations (40+ indexes, query patterns)
  • Security model (permission inheritance, ACL lookup strategy)
  • Actionable recommendations: materialized view refresh automation, validation constraints, garbage collection, schema versioning

Key Findings

Strengths:

  • Content deduplication via hash-based storage
  • Comprehensive RBAC with directory-level inheritance
  • Efficient RDF querying through normalized URI storage and dual indexing
  • Multi-cloud storage support

Optimization Opportunities:

  • Automatic refresh for directory_user_permissions_lookup materialized view
  • Hash format validation (CHECK (value ~ '^[a-f0-9]{64}$'))
  • Unused hash garbage collection strategy
  • Table partitioning for scale (millions of files/triples)
Original prompt

analyze the SQL schema and report back to me your findings


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Co-authored-by: jrmerz <1852393+jrmerz@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Analyze SQL schema and report findings Add comprehensive SQL schema analysis documentation Nov 1, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from jrmerz November 1, 2025 14:32
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