From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by vger.rutgers.edu via listexpand id ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 05:09:30 -0400 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 05:09:13 -0400 Received: from sgi.SGI.COM ([192.48.153.1]:18228 "EHLO sgi.com") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 05:08:58 -0400 Message-ID: <3753B2AC.4C832DAC@engr.sgi.com> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 03:15:08 -0700 From: Dan Koren Reply-To: Dan.Koren@sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics Computer Systems X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.5 IP22) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "David S. Miller" CC: sam.vilain@nz.unisys.com, mostek@sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: XFS and journalling filesystems References: <76D8782817C5D211A37400104B0C84B029C52F@nz-wlg-exch-1.nz.unisys.com> <3753A4A5.C2A4FE91@engr.sgi.com> <199906010928.CAA04308@pizda.davem.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu "David S. Miller" wrote: > > Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 02:15:17 -0700 > From: Dan Koren > > I'm afraid your concerns about kernel code size eating into buffer > cache or user memory are slightly out of date. These days it seems > damn near impossible to buy anything with less than 32 MB memory! > > There are third world countries where Linux is used heavily where a > 486 with 16MB of ram is a "big computer". These concerns are by no > means out of date at all. Even at 16 MB the extra 100 kB or so taken by XFS will have no visible effect on the system's performance. On the other hand the performance, and more important the reliability, gained by using XFS will make a very big difference. thx, Dan Koren Dan.Koren@sgi.com Engineering Manager, File Systems phone: (USA) 650-933-3678 Silicon Graphics, Inc. pager: (USA) 888-769-0874 1600 Amphiteatre Pkwy. M/S 08U-500 or dkoren_p@pager.sgi.com Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 fax: (USA) 650-933-3542 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/