In computer file systems, soft updates is an approach to maintaining disk integrity after a crash or power outage. They are an alternative to journaling file system.
> ---------------------------------------- > From: Vijay Sankar <vsan...@foretell.ca> > Sent: Fri Aug 10 16:00:23 CEST 2012 > To: <misc@openbsd.org> > Subject: Re: Dilemma: between OpenBSD and NetBSD > > > Quoting benh...@gmx.us: > > > Hi > > > > A client of mine asked me if I can develop a BSD project for them. I > > don't have much experience with BSDs, and I have been collecting > > some background information. > > I was given the choice between OpenBSD and NetBSD. > > Now, since portability is not all that important, I was oriented > > towards OpenBSD, which is more secure. The only problem might be the > > lack of certain features on OpenBSD, such as support for a modern > > filesystem. As I said, I don't know much about BSDs, so don't flame > > at me if I say something incorrect. In fact, I am asking your advice. > > What I would need for my project is a filesystem that supports, at > > least, journaling. From what I have seen, NetBSD already has that, > > while OpenBSD doesn't. > > Has any modern filesystem been ported to OpenBSD? I really need to > > know, because this issue may constitute a stumbling block to my > > adoption of OpenBSD. > > > > Thanks > > > > Ben J. Rafter > > > > > > You may want to go through the FAQ. The part of the FAQ at > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html answers your questions very > clearly. For example: > > 8.21 - Does OpenBSD support any journaling filesystems? > > No it doesn't. We use a different mechanism to achieve similar results > called Soft Updates. Please read FAQ 14 - Soft Updates to get more > details. > > Vijay Sankar, M.Eng., P.Eng. > ForeTell Technologies Limited > vsan...@foretell.ca > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using ForeTell-POST 4.9 > Cordialement Francois Pussault 3701 - 8 rue Marcel Pagnol 31100 Toulouse France +33 6 17 230 820 +33 5 34 365 269 fpussa...@contactoffice.fr
