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From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
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* Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> [080330 09:17] wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 02:06:17AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > 
> > If you're using a database then it shouldn't matter what meta data
> > provider you use "all that much" with the exception of temporary
> > tables.
> > 
> > Basically, SU and gjournal both provide for meta data consistency,
> > something that a database rarely needs as it rarely creates/deletes
> > files often.
> > 
> 
> I'm looking at this more from a performance standpoint.
> 
> Is there a performance advantage to using gjournal over a "normal" UFS/UFS2
> filesystem with softupdates?

I think that SU will be faster, but that's just a semi-educated guess.

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- Alfred Perlstein