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From: Werner Almesberger <Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch>
To: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux should better cope with power failure
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:07:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010320000738.E19635@almesberger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AB66233.B85881C7@bluewin.ch> <Pine.LNX.3.95.1010319150027.9639A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.1010319150027.9639A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>; from root@chaos.analogic.com on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 03:15:16PM -0500

Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Unix and other such variants have what's called a Virtual File System
> (VFS).

Correct, but hardly relevant here, except possibly that this enables you
to use a different, perhaps more resilient file system.

> The idea behind this is to keep as much recently-used file stuff
> in memory so that the system can be as fast as if you used a RAM disk
> instead of real physical (slow) hard disks.

Correct, but does not require VFS.

Nice try, though.

- Werner

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-03-19 23:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-19 19:46 Linux should better cope with power failure 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 [this message]
2001-03-19 20:19 ` William T Wilson
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-03-19 21:16 Torrey Hoffman
2001-03-19 22:28 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-03-19 23:05   ` Andre Hedrick
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 22:35 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 23:12 ` John R Lenton
2001-03-23 15:28 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
2001-03-26 10:22     ` David Balazic
2001-03-26 10:17   ` David Balazic

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