On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 14:03, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> data=journal provides highest throughput for MAIL SPOOLS because the
> small files are written, sent, then removed. When this is all done in
> the journal things supposedly go much faster. Otherwise, data=writeback,
> which is the default, provides best overall performance AFAIK.

Ah... ok! I get it. It's faster for mail spool because I/O will be
confined in only a small area in the disk (the journal) for a moment.
Better take note of that just in case I need this kind of optimization
in the future. ;) Thanks for that one.

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