Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 20:52:02 -0700 From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Tadayuki OKADA <tadayuki@mediaone.net>, stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: soft update should be default Message-ID: <3AF378E2.5040700@quack.kfu.com> References: <200105050142.f451gsl05388@mass.dis.org>
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Mike Smith wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Why 'soft update' is not default? >> It adds performance and stability, doesn't it? > > > It requires disabling of write caching, which typically reduces > performance (significantly). > Why wouldn't a similar requirement (disabling write caching) apply to non-softupdates filesystems? The disk doesn't know whether the write is synchronous or not, after all. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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