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Date:      Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:22:20 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
To:        Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz>
Cc:        "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich@lanl.gov>, Chuck Youse <cyouse@paradox.nexuslabs.com>, Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: why FFS is THAT slower than EXT2 ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.991027161759.3714B-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <19991028095839.A26635@patho.gen.nz>

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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Joe Abley wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 10:29:54AM -0600, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> > To put it slightly more strongly: as far as I'm concerned ext2 is not a
> > serious fs if you really care about handling power failures and other such
> > fun things.
> 
> I'm not sure I've ever really understood this position. In cases where
> data integrity is vital to retain, there is no excuse for not using
> machines with multiple power supplies, each fed from independent, clean
> power sources, with multiple fans, running a stable, tested OS release.
> 

I take it you never have had anyone hit the Big Red Button, a fire,
a flood, or a random panic, a clueless tech, or a hardware failure?
I see one of my machines go down along these lines every six weeks or so.  A
hosed filesystem would (really!) ruin my day.




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