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Date:      Tue, 14 Apr 1998 03:39:23 +0100
From:      Adrian Wontroba <aw1@stade.co.uk>
To:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MFS in -stable?
Message-ID:  <19980414033923.31672@stade.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199804132207.PAA04585@freebie.dcfinc.com>; from Chad R. Larson on Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 03:07:26PM -0700
References:  <199804120107.SAA11809@ns.frihet.com> <199804132207.PAA04585@freebie.dcfinc.com>

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On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 03:07:26PM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> But if you left the memory available for Kernel buffers, wouldn't you get the performance without the management headaches?

No.

MFS is great for /tmp filesystems, with transient files (eg, cc
intermediate files). With a disc based filesystem you will have
the "overheads" of creating and removing directory entries at least.

For a normal FreeBSD user the management headache boils down to
something like this in /etc/fstab:

/dev/sd0s2b  /tmp  mfs  rw  0  0

and "options MFS" in their kernel configuration.

Improving the existing code seems to be where the headaches lie.

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