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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