Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:31:01 +0100 From: "Ivan Voras" <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about file system checks Message-ID: <9bbcef730803281531w6eb09a72q60c96f22c2e01ae2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080328220155.GZ67856@elvis.mu.org> References: <47EBA3AB.40307@infracaninophile.co.uk> <f9ae3129fa235b31251ec97bc12c1e78@localhost> <200803280029.08136.danny@ricin.com> <fshdv1$jbt$1@ger.gmane.org> <47EC9245.6060200@infracaninophile.co.uk> <fsjp7l$4ov$1@ger.gmane.org> <20080328220155.GZ67856@elvis.mu.org>
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On 28/03/2008, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> wrote: > I know this sounds pretty awful, but honestly any file modified > within an hour and not fsync'd being "lost" is not really a bad > thing. > > It's pretty much "the unix way" that only fsync'd files/directories > or file modified more than several minutes ago are safe. I agree. My intention in doing these benchmarks was to have something on which I'd base a recommendation for a file server. My conclusion is that UFS+SU is reliable enough, though not as fast as other file systems.
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