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From: pgf@american.com (Paul Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux
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Date: 8 Feb 1996 22:51:23 GMT
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: >
: > However, if I read the article before this one in the thread correctly,
: > there is a price for the speed of ext2-- you stand more chance of a crash
: > making your file system unusuable. The BSD FFS has an option that gives
: > you this extra speed, at the expense of safety, and you can, for example,
:
: Incorrect. ext2 is switchable too, but the default is different,
what's the switch on ext2, and what does it switch "between"? synch vs.
asynch? ordered vs. unordered?
: mostly because it really turns out that BSD-style synchronous metadata
: updates are slow and buy you very little in terms of data safety, and
: can, in fact, be a security hole.
whoa -- that's a big accusation for a filesystem that's been relied
on and worked on by a lot of people for a lot of time. what exactly
are you referring to? color me skeptical. (but willing to learn.)
paul
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