Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 18:33:03 -0500 From: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> To: Don <don@calis.blacksun.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: journaling UFS and LFS Message-ID: <19991030233304.03DB31DA4@bone.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910301845560.44044-100000@calis.blacksun.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910301845560.44044-100000@calis.blacksun.org>
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On 30 October 1999 at 18:51, Don <don@calis.blacksun.org> wrote: [snip] > Having a journaled file system has another benefit and that is market > recognition. The corporate world will be far more likely to embrace > FreeBSD if it has a journaled file system than if it has softupdates. Huh? Have you actually heard anyone say, ``Well, we were going to use FreeBSD, but darned if we found out at the last minute that it doesn't have a journaled file system. We decided to use KY Brand UNIX instead.'' I think ``far more likely'' is a stretch. > While I think this is a silly reason, it will make a difference. Trying to > explain to a corporate IT manager that softupdates "is as good as or > better than a journaled file system" wont fly. Most corporate IT managers wouldn't know a filesystem if they were bitten by one. -- Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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