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From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
Subject: Re: Filesystem Tests
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:04:27 -0700
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To: Diego Calleja Garc?a <diegocg@teleline.es>
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On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 06:34:10PM +0200, Diego Calleja Garc?a wrote:
> El Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:06:37 +0400 Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> escribi?:
> 
> > I don't think ext2 is a serious option for servers of the sort that 
> > Linux specializes in, which is probably why he didn't measure it.
> 
> Why?

Because if you have a power outage, or a crash, you have to run the
filesystem check tools on it or risk damaging it further.

Journaled filesystems have a much smaller chance of having problems after a
crash.