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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!uknet!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!edcogsci!richard From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Subject: Re: NetBSD Filesystems Message-ID: <DCp27C.FyE@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh References: <MICHAELV.95Jul29005359@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <3ve9jk$11b8@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <MICHAELV.95Jul30182230@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 17:35:34 GMT Lines: 16 In article <MICHAELV.95Jul30182230@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: >most unix-seasoned people consider [mounting a filesystem with >asynchronous metadata writes] just asking for trouble. Except in certain circumstances, such as restoring from tape onto an empty filesystem. Under SunOS, turning off synchronous metadata writes can speed this up by a factor of 10, which is definitely worthwhile! And in this case, if the system crashes you just newfs and start again, and it's still 5 times faster than it would have been. -- Richard -- "... we were extremely sceptical, like most people, about 'conspiracy theories of history' ..." - The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail