On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Pablo Ares Gastesi wrote:
} Agree. My point is that this move of IBM is more interesting
} than selling Linux in some machines (although it is also good). I have
} heard jfs is quite a good file system, so I will try it out some time.
Yes, jfs is good for crash recovery. One question I have is: Is it the
only Journalled File System around? I think Be has something similar. Or
maybe they have a Databse like File System for quick file access.
} If any one has experience with this or a fs other than ext2 (ext3, xfs,
} reiserfs), please let me know. I have to set up some big web server,
} around 5GB, and I would like a file system that recovers nicely, in case
} of a crash.
If you succeed, then maybe you could give a talk on jfs in the next
meeting.
Other interesting IBM news:
They've found a way to transport information using the wave nature of
electrons. Check the story on /. Not for non-physicists/nerds though.
Philip
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