Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:23:25 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: maildir with softupdates Message-ID: <20030723162324.GA61736@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3F1EAC04.10204@potentialtech.com> References: <3F1E6456.9090400@fsn.hu> <3F1EAC04.10204@potentialtech.com>
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:38:44AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Attila Nagy wrote: > >Hello, > > > >Is this statement still valid? > > > >"ext3 is unsafe for maildir, and with softupdates, so is ffs." > >http://www.irbs.net/internet/postfix/0202/0358.html > > Yes, > > It's also true that any form of write-caching is unsafe, so disable > the caches on your SCSI and ATA hard drives. Simply accept the > terrible performance hit if you want super-reliability. Forget Unix, go get VMS or (better) a Tandem ;) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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