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Subject: Re: It's time to bite the bullet and do a major upgrade from 4.11
 to 6.0
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Robert Huff wrote:
> Jerry McAllister writes:
>
>   
>>  I believe there are also some file system improvements that you
>>  will miss if you do not rebuild the file systems at the 6.xxx
>>  level.
>>     
>
> 	Particularly, 4.x does not have UFS2/MAC which is the wave of
> the future.
>
>
> 						Robert Huff
>   
Yes. UFS2's softupdates are a really wonderful thing and a lifesaver.
-Garrett