On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Les Mikesell wrote:
[ReiserFS]
> production just to avoid the possibility of a slow fsck after a crash,
> but it is enormously faster at creating and deleting files too because
> everything is indexed so it would be an ideal stash for fast changing
> session data. If you don't trust it for the whole system you can just
> use it on one partition for the session database. Several Linux
> distributions include it now.
As I recall, it has a problem if you manage to have a hash collision in
your naming, IIRC it was something to do with the way in which it
extends the hash it uses for dents. This is, of course, FUD. :) I've also
heard bad things about his attitude...
FreeBSD 4's softupdates make ufs rather wonderful too. These basically
make UFS's write() calls asynchronous, and hence much faster. They also
keep dependencies, and can be very good for spools....
MBM
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