Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 11:52:57 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Atom Powers <atom.powers@gmail.com> Cc: Freminlins <freminlins@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large File System? Message-ID: <20060808165256.GB69605@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <df9ac37c0608080907r10f9f41fhba9f50f5f354a307@mail.gmail.com> References: <df9ac37c0608071513n7fdfc928r9d1aa3b9e8edfaec@mail.gmail.com> <ygfzmegm97g.fsf@dominion.borderworlds.dk> <df9ac37c0608071636j2f28bc6en66e985d528e8d85f@mail.gmail.com> <eeef1a4c0608080117r22d05716x1e623dd6ee2cf573@mail.gmail.com> <df9ac37c0608080907r10f9f41fhba9f50f5f354a307@mail.gmail.com>
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In the last episode (Aug 08), Atom Powers said: > On 8/8/06, Freminlins <freminlins@gmail.com> wrote: > >On 08/08/06, Atom Powers <atom.powers@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks. I found my problem. (Sysinstall, aka fdisk, won't do more > >> that 1.2TB.) BTW, anybody have any good advice on how to manage a > >> large file system? > ... > >The single most important thing missing for me in FreeBSD is a > >journalling file system as I would use it on every box. > > What exactly does a journaling file system give you? As I understand > it, it doesn't prevent corruption and it doesn't help you fix the > corruption when it occurs. Journalling lets you roll back/forward a partially-commited filesystem change, so a full filesytem check isn't required to mark it clean after an unintended system reset. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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