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From: "Vladimir V. Saveliev" <vs@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: Where to put the journal
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 13:27:19 +0400
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Hello

Xu=E2n Baldauf wrote:
> Hello,
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> I want to setup a Linux software RAID 5 over disks of different speed=20
> with reiserfs on top. I know that the journal has to be accessed=20
> frequently for comparably small accesses. That's why I'm considering to=
=20
> "offload" the journal onto an extra partition on a faster disk of the=20
> RAID set.
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> Thus, the journal would not be protected by the RAID, but this is not s=
o=20
> important for me.
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> Is this kind of reasoning sane? Would there be any speedup by offloadin=
g=20
> the journal?
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Person who did some tests on non standard journal is on vacation. He is e=
xpected to come back today. Maybe he remembers benchmark results,