Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 19:23:23 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Subject: Re: File system Message-ID: <201005101923.23706.bruce@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <201005092151.o49Lp1mR029794@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201005092151.o49Lp1mR029794@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Sunday 09 May 2010 22:51:01 Robert Bonomi wrote: > 2) You could try using a 'journaling' filesystem, *BUT* you'd have to > build/ implement it yourself. Journaling filesystems are deliberately > _not_ provided with FreeBSD, due to security issues/implications with > them. _You_ will have to decide if the security risks in *your* > envrionment are worth the (limited) benefits. I've never heard of security problems with journaled filesystems - do you have any links to more information? > 3) you can switch to an OS _intended_ for use by the ill-informed; where > the provider makes all the decisions for you, and allows only what they > think is reasonable. BUT, such an OS isn't going to look like Unix, nor > feel like it, nor act like it. I think IBM would disagree with you: JFS (the Journaled File System) is available on AIX, which most people would consider very Unixy. I also believe IRIX looks very much like Unix too, despite having XFS. -- Bruce Cran
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