Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:07:25 +1200 (NZST) From: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> To: Dave Uhring <duhring@charter.net> Cc: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net>, FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Improvements for FreeBSD v4.3.1-Release? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106111203530.5609-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> In-Reply-To: <01061019023702.00853@dave.uhring.com>
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On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Dave Uhring wrote: > For a first-hand look at XFS, you can do a Linux install of RedHat-7.1 by > beginning the install with a CD made from SGI's XFS iso available at > > ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/ > > I have one of these systems set up and the journalling doesn't to slow the > system much at all. Also had a power failure and the system survived its > "smoke test" without damage. That's my experience too -- the f/s seems to survive plenty of abuse. Remember though that no f/s can rescue data that hasn't been written to the hard disk. Some people thought that they could pull the plug during a file save, and still have their data intact... doesn't quite work ;-) Also, it's worth moving up to the newer CVS versions of XFS plus tools -- plenty of fixes applied after 1.0 testing. > Since XFS is GPL'd, inclusion with the FreeBSD kernel seems problematic, > however. They might be open to changing the license... worth asking, perhaps. -- Regards, Juha PGP fingerprint: B7E1 CC52 5FCA 9756 B502 10C8 4CD8 B066 12F3 9544 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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