From: Otto Wyss <otto.wyss@bluewin.ch>
To: David Ford <david@blue-labs.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux should better cope with power failure
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:28:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ABC76D8.F7D59CCC@bluewin.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ABB6B82.62293CAD@uni-mb.si> <3ABBA400.2AEC97E8@bluewin.ch> <3ABBD11D.FE20FB69@blue-labs.org> <3ABC5E89.FB6A2C89@bluewin.ch> <3ABC6D18.337E5089@blue-labs.org>
> > You probably haven't tried to use sync or you would have noticed the
> > performace penalty. I think nobody really considers sync an alternative.
> >
> > O. Wyss
>
> You can't have the best of everything. There are tradeoffs. A viable option is > a journaled filesystem. Linux boasts a few, two of which are at your fingertips > by way of config options. Read up on JFS or ReiserFS.
>
How about the following solution: During high activity _any_ FS is
treated as if it were mounted asynch, during low/no activity it's
treaded as synch. This simple solution certainly will be acceptable for anyone.
O. Wyss
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-24 10:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-23 15:28 Linux should better cope with power failure David Balazic
2001-03-23 18:22 ` Gerhard Mack
2001-03-26 9:34 ` David Balazic
2001-03-23 19:29 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-23 22:41 ` David Ford
2001-03-24 8:44 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-24 9:47 ` David Ford
2001-03-24 10:28 ` Otto Wyss [this message]
2001-03-26 10:22 ` David Balazic
2001-03-26 10:17 ` David Balazic
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-03-19 22:35 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 23:12 ` John R Lenton
2001-03-19 22:11 Stephen Gutknecht (linux-kernel)
2001-03-19 22:39 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-20 21:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-03-19 21:16 Torrey Hoffman
2001-03-19 22:28 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-03-19 23:05 ` Andre Hedrick
2001-03-19 19:46 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 19:59 ` Charles Cazabon
2001-03-19 20:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 20:51 ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 21:08 ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 21:35 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 21:59 ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 22:15 ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 15:14 ` Ben Ford
2001-03-19 23:07 ` Werner Almesberger
2001-03-19 20:19 ` William T Wilson
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