On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Tom wrote:
> But when you lose that data, do you not get burnt by that same situation? > I have written a 1GB file to a linux box, and then within 5 seconds of it > finishing, yanked the power cord. When I booted it back up, the file was > *JUST NOT THERE*, I tried it a few other times, and there were fragments > that showed up. Under FreeBSD I tried the same test, The file was there, > and it finished faster than Linux did. Why is this? Bad procedure to gain > file system speed (from what I can tell). > > Which would you rather have? Fast Calculations, or the results of your > data. Obviously its your choice :) Please stop posting this crap. Dimitar asked a serious question, and I for one would certainly like to be able to give him a serious answer. Despite what your ranting above would indicate, ext2's performance should have NOTHING to do with swapping performance. Once Dimitar posts his test program, we'll be able to generate a more clear picture about what's really happening. Until then, please control the ranting. Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
