Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 03:41:21 -0500 (CDT) From: George Vagner <vagner@spdc.ti.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Softupdates Message-ID: <199805090841.DAA01247@epcot.spdc.ti.com>
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while we are on filesystems.... why is is that win95 can search a 5 gig drive in ~10 seconds and it takes FreeBSD 10 minutes to do a find? how can I speed FreeBSD up on this file find thing? At 01:09 AM 5/9/98 -0700, you wrote: >Whe writing to a filesystem, there are many dependencies.. >e.g one must write the dat defore writing the inode that points to it >one must write the inode before the directory entry, etc. > >if they are done wrong then a crash will leave the disk in an inconsistent >state. >Until nowm order has been forced by locking and synchronous writes. >this makes the filesystem slow. > >Soft updates does dependency tracking and this ensures that the right >dependencies are followed in asynchronous writes. > >this gives you fast AND safe. >in fact safer than SYNCHRONOUS in some cases.. > >julian > > >On Sat, 9 May 1998, Dennis Tenn wrote: > >> >> Can some explain what softupdates is? I must've missed this when it first >> came to light. >> >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> Dennis Tenn * There will always come a time >> dstenn@fanfic.org * When your love will be tested >> ICQ# 1457509 * Stand tall and rise to the occasion >> * For only then will you grow strong. >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Laszlo Vagner Texas Instruments Email:kf7nn@kf7nn.com FreeBSD The OS of choice. http://kf7nn.com telnet://kf7nn.com Pg. 598-5217 Wk. 995-4297 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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