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Date:      Sun, 23 Jul 2000 13:43:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
To:        james@targetnet.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re[2]: Journaling Filesystem ?
Message-ID:  <200007232043.NAA36306@monk.via.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000722151719.B99818@targetnet.com>

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The big win with a journaling FS is when you have to reboot the system.

With Softupdates, you still have to fsck. On a large FS (say half a 
terabyte) that can take hours.

With a JFS, you simply play the log forward and continue.

-joe



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