Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:45:39 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: nik@iii.co.uk Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount -o asynch = better performance ??????? Message-ID: <199708151945.NAA27419@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <19970815105107.41593@strand.iii.co.uk> from "nik@iii.co.uk" at Aug 15, 97 10:51:07 am
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> On Fri, Aug 15, 1997 at 12:04:41AM -0600, Wes Peters wrote:
> > Ken McKittrick writes:
> > > How reliable is a file system if it's mounted asynch really????
> >
> > Just as reliable as they are on Linux, where it is the default:
> >
> > NOT VERY!
>
> Not true. The reliability of the filesystem is the same.
>
> The possibility of filesystem corruption should the power suddenly go out
> increases though.
I guess your power is much more reliable than mine. I have a UPS for
each of my computers except the laptop, which uses a battery as a UPS.
I get typically two or three hits per day big enough to make the UPS
squeal, and one or two a week that will make my stereo lose radio
station presets.
> Mounting your drives async is not going to suddenly cause random bit
> corruption in your files.
No, but power glitches, brown-outs and sags can. Feel lucky you don't
get your electrons from "Utah Flicker and Flash."
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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