On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andre Cruz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 12:48 PM
> Subject: [plug] filesystem corruption
>
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'm currently evaluating if Linux or FreeBSD will be more suitable for a
> > new server that we plan to deploy. I'm pretty concerned about filesystem
> > corruption with Linux in the event of an unexpected shutdown, since that
> > has happened to me all too often in my use of Linux. I've heard that
> > Mandrake 7.1 comes with ReiserFS built in; is this a good choice? What
> > about FreeBSD, have you tried using it and running a journaling
> > filesystem with it?
>
> for linux, any kind of journalling file system (JFS) that you want like
> ReiserFS for example... or if you dont want JFS, try to mount a ext2
> partition with *sync* option (by default linux use async option) just what
> freebsd default mount option did to avoid file corruption.
Doing this (mount with sync option) will slow your system by more than 50%.
I'd rather run at full speed, and just have frequent backups, and buy a good
UPS. \8)
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