Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 02:25:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: George Vagner <vagner@spdc.ti.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Softupdates Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980509022256.2151A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199805090841.DAA01247@epcot.spdc.ti.com>
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just out of interest, how many files in how many directories in those two cases? (also, define the problem.. how long does it take you to find something if you have 'locate' set up?) On Sat, 9 May 1998, George Vagner wrote: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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