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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:1234 comp.os.linux:56256 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!sequoia!ultima!kralizec.zeta.org.au!not-for-mail From: bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux Subject: Re: FYI.. benchmarks on linux and 386bsd Date: 15 Oct 1993 09:02:07 +1000 Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney: +61-2-837-1183 V.32bis Lines: 14 Message-ID: <29klpf$8ae@kralizec.zeta.org.au> References: <2CB12A8D.17397@news.service.uci.edu> <MYCROFT.93Oct6054959@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kralizec.zeta.org.au In <MYCROFT.93Oct6054959@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes: >1) When diddling lots of small files or other operations on file >system metastructure, one must consider that Linux uses write-behind >for this and therefore risks serious file system corruption should the >machine crash. (Back when Linux crashed a couple of times per day for >me, I had no end of file system corruption which caused me to have to >reinstall. I assume it does not crash that often now, but this is >still a serious bug.) This also makes Linux's file systems faster. A measly 10 to 20 times faster. This is one thing makes Linux "feel" much faster (up to 10 to 20 times :-) than 386BSD. -- Bruce Evans bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au