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Date:      Mon, 21 Jul 1997 10:39:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <brightmn@a-v25.rh.sunyit.edu>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: File systems slowness?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970721103740.5297A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970703124751.9923D-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu>

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On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

...
> doesn't freebsd have write-behind caching? or does it need to be enabled
> seperately?

  Directory meta information is written immediately to disk.  If it
wasn't, you risk severe file system damage during a power failure.

  See the man page for mount on how to mount stuff async, and for more
warnings on the risks.

> Alfred Perlstein
> perlsta@sunyit.edu
> 
> 
> 

Tom




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