Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:32:48 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Alexander Maret <maret@atrada.de> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: softupdates: do I understand this correctly? Message-ID: <16019.938021568@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:21:31 %2B0200." <58A002A02C5ED311812E0050044517F00D23B9@erlangen01.axis.de>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:21:31 +0200, Alexander Maret wrote: > advantage of softupdates: - in case of a crash it is more likely that > every data is already been written to disk because the system writes > data in one go and doesn't have to wait i.e. for a program output > while there is an open file. It isn't more likely that _all_ the data will have been written to the disk. It's just more likely that whatever's state the disk is in will be consistent. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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