Vladimir Mitiouchev wrote:
2006/9/25, Bill Hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> PS2> Thanks God i wasn't running softupdates!'Softupdates' have saved me far more grief than they have ever contributed to. Lot's of folk misunderstand what they do - and how quickly they can post if allthe kit is properly configured.Can You write something more about advantages of softupdates? In fact, i don't understand exactly what softupdates is. Yeah, i know, should read code.. But im to tired at the moment..
softupdates is a way to avoid having to write all meta-data changes directly (in order) to disk. instead those changes stay in memory and get written down regularly, yet they get written down sorted in such a way that the filesystem is supposed not to get trashed totally (like it could be the case with unordered async writes). If you, for example, create a file and remove it directly afterwards, chances are good that this directory entry never hits the disk. cheers simon -- Serve - BSD +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ Work - Mac +++ space for low €€€ NOW!1 +++ Campaign \ / Party Enjoy Relax | http://dragonflybsd.org Against HTML \ Dude 2c 2 the max ! http://golden-apple.biz Mail + News / \
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