Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 20:31:05 -0500 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> To: Tadayuki OKADA <tadayuki@mediaone.net> Cc: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: soft update should be default Message-ID: <20010504203105.A20797@cec.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010504213412.3ee36a4f.tadayuki@mediaone.net>; from tadayuki@mediaone.net on Fri, May 04, 2001 at 09:34:12PM -0400 References: <20010504205142.1a7013e6.tadayuki@mediaone.net> <20010504200443.A20673@cec.wustl.edu> <20010504213412.3ee36a4f.tadayuki@mediaone.net>
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On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 09:34:12PM -0400, Tadayuki OKADA wrote: > On Fri, 4 May 2001 20:04:43 -0500 > Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> wrote: > > It only adds performance... the whole idea of soft updates is to get > > async speed with sync reliability. Nothing is more reliable than > > synchronous writes, since data is verified absolutely as it is written. > I've heard that it always keeps consistency. > So you can skip fsck after the crash. > I don't know the detail, so please someone correct me if I'm wrong. It does keep things consistent... but this does not add reliability over synchronous writes. > > Still... I do agree it should be the default, or at least an option that > > can be set at install time. I think this summer I will be reinstalling > > my system, to clean up the cruft that ~1/2 year of learning has built up > > on my system. It would sure come in handy then. > You can set it from the menu if you install 4.3-RELEASE. This is just what I need then. -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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