Re: why FFS is THAT slower than EXT2 ?

[David Scheidt]

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Joe Abley wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 10:29:54AM -0600, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> > To put it slightly more strongly: as far as I'm concerned ext2 is not a
> > serious fs if you really care about handling power failures and other such
> > fun things.
> 
> I'm not sure I've ever really understood this position. In cases where
> data integrity is vital to retain, there is no excuse for not using
> machines with multiple power supplies, each fed from independent, clean
> power sources, with multiple fans, running a stable, tested OS release.
> 

I take it you never have had anyone hit the Big Red Button, a fire,
a flood, or a random panic, a clueless tech, or a hardware failure?
I see one of my machines go down along these lines every six weeks or so.  A
hosed filesystem would (really!) ruin my day.




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