Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 13:34:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Nash <alex@fa.tdktca.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: dunn@harborcom.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: async flag to mount(8) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960703133115.10943E-100000@fa.tdktca.com> In-Reply-To: <199607031826.LAA10899@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > Matt Day (next cubicle over from mine) has implemented soft updates, > though without some of my FS changes, they can not be integrated > into FreeBSD. > > An FS using soft updates operates within ~5% of memory speed, according > to the Ganger/Patt paper from the University of Michigan. > > This is faster than pure async because of write gathering during the > soft update timer period. > > Async sucks. Get over it. So async only sucks *when* we get your patches. I'm sure Poul can't wait! :) Alex
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