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Date:      Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:31:01 +0100
From:      "Ivan Voras" <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        "Alfred Perlstein" <alfred@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about file system checks
Message-ID:  <9bbcef730803281531w6eb09a72q60c96f22c2e01ae2@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080328220155.GZ67856@elvis.mu.org>
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On 28/03/2008, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> wrote:

>  I know this sounds pretty awful, but honestly any file modified
>  within an hour and not fsync'd being "lost" is not really a bad
>  thing.
>
>  It's pretty much "the unix way" that only fsync'd files/directories
>  or file modified more than several minutes ago are safe.

I agree. My intention in doing these benchmarks was to have something
on which I'd base a recommendation for a file server. My conclusion is
that UFS+SU is reliable enough, though not as fast as other file
systems.



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