From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 10 18:24:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AB3F1065686 for ; Mon, 10 May 2010 18:24:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [109.74.192.160]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA808FC1F for ; Mon, 10 May 2010 18:24:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F2D9C400C; Mon, 10 May 2010 18:24:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on muon.cran.org.uk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.2.5 Received: from core.draftnet (87-194-158-129.bethere.co.uk [87.194.158.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Mon, 10 May 2010 18:24:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Bruce Cran To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 19:23:23 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.3 (FreeBSD/9.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.4.3; amd64; ; ) References: <201005092151.o49Lp1mR029794@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <201005092151.o49Lp1mR029794@mail.r-bonomi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201005101923.23706.bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: Robert Bonomi Subject: Re: File system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 18:24:15 -0000 On Sunday 09 May 2010 22:51:01 Robert Bonomi wrote: > 2) You could try using a 'journaling' filesystem, *BUT* you'd have to > build/ implement it yourself. Journaling filesystems are deliberately > _not_ provided with FreeBSD, due to security issues/implications with > them. _You_ will have to decide if the security risks in *your* > envrionment are worth the (limited) benefits. I've never heard of security problems with journaled filesystems - do you have any links to more information? > 3) you can switch to an OS _intended_ for use by the ill-informed; where > the provider makes all the decisions for you, and allows only what they > think is reasonable. BUT, such an OS isn't going to look like Unix, nor > feel like it, nor act like it. I think IBM would disagree with you: JFS (the Journaled File System) is available on AIX, which most people would consider very Unixy. I also believe IRIX looks very much like Unix too, despite having XFS. -- Bruce Cran