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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 01:00:36 -0800
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Orc wrote:
>    No, this isn't a Linux vs FreeBSD debate, though it's certainly
> one of the things that makes FreeBSD less attractive for my news
> machine; I keep people one one side stating that writing metadata

So why not simply run 2.1-STABLE or 2.2-CURRENT, where the async flag is
honored for filesystems?

If you want to see it in action, simply install the 2.2-960130-SNAP
(available from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/) and watch how much
faster the installations are extracted.

I don't think that the async-vs-sync metadata write issues are worth
debating since the whole topic is truly too subjective for meaningful
discussion.

I would suggest instead simply trying sync vs async on your own system,
being as (in)cautious as you care to be in the transition, and then post
your experiences.  People need concrete evidence here, not abstract
debate.

-- 
Jordan Hubbard
President, The FreeBSD Project