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Date:      Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:11:57 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        "Andrew P. Lentvorski" <bsder@allcaps.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, penglish@hydro.washington.edu, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Two RAID questions
Message-ID:  <20020118151156.A4612@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020118140049.A87081-100000@mail.allcaps.org>; from bsder@allcaps.org on Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 02:07:52PM -0800
References:  <Pine.HPX.4.21.0201181324590.12302-100000@meter.hydro.washington.edu> <20020118140049.A87081-100000@mail.allcaps.org>

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On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 02:07:52PM -0800, Andrew P. Lentvorski wrote:
> I looked at the CVS repository today and didn't note a tag on the fsck
> code for -STABLE.
>=20
> Is background fsck'ing included in -STABLE?  The large fsck times for
> multi-GB and TB RAID servers is becoming an impediment to using FreeBSD as
> a server (where BSD has traditionally been strong).
>=20
> If it's not included, what are the issues preventing it from getting
> folded backward?

It isn't included because it's not stable yet.  It's improving, but in my
experience it still causes problems.  I rather doubt it will be MFC'd.
File system stability is about as important as it gets so significantly
more shake out is critical before inflicting background fsck on users.

-- Brooks

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