Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 05:02:27 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: John <freebsd-questions@i-zone.demon.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how can you say ufs is faster? Message-ID: <15054.58803.855456.901387@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <32738018@toto.iv>
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John <freebsd-questions@i-zone.demon.co.uk> types: > In order to compare like with like, set the ufs in fstab to async. This is > enabled automatically on linux systems but not on freebsd (as far as I > remember). You do it like this: > [...] > I beleive there is a small but non-zero risk of data loss in certain > situations with this setting, but I have been using it since 2.2.8 and > haven't had a problem. Gee, I think you just made Ted's point about the Linux developers. They've traded system integrity away for performance, which in my mind is a bad trade. FreeBSD lets you make the choice, and defaults to the more reliable of the two. In the spirit of honesty, I understand that Linux now has file system options available that are designed to be reliable. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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