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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: UFS2 with Soft Updates Robust?
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John Conover wrote:
> Is UFS2 with soft updates the most robust file system in freebsd?

No, although UFS2 with softupdates is robust enough for production use.

If you make the filesystem writes syncronous and disable write caching on the 
hard drive, you will improve the robustness at significant cost to performance.

-- 
-Chuck