>
> > > 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)
>
> not really to slow your system :-> during second bake-off of web caching,
> duane wessels used the default options of freebsd's ufs and adding a noatime
> option. here's the site for more details
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Benchmarking/bakeoff-02/
Nope, i wasn't putting down BSD. I was just saying that in my experience,
turning on sync updates in Linux slows performance by more than 50%. So i'd
rather not do that. \8) There are other ways to preserve data....
>
> if you really want a reliable file system, implement either software or
> hardware raid 1 if speed and reliability you're looking for :-> the problem
> with JFS, if the journal file (the ones who keep track the transaction) got
> corrupted, you're in doom. :->
>
yerright there...
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