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Date:      Fri, 04 May 2001 18:42:54 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Tadayuki OKADA <tadayuki@mediaone.net>
Cc:        stable <stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: soft update should be default 
Message-ID:  <200105050142.f451gsl05388@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 May 2001 20:51:42 EDT." <20010504205142.1a7013e6.tadayuki@mediaone.net> 

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> Hi,
> 
> Why 'soft update' is not default?
> It adds performance and stability, doesn't it?

It requires disabling of write caching, which typically reduces 
performance (significantly).

-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]
           V I C T O R Y   N O T   V E N G E A N C E



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