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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.unix.admin
- Subject: Re: Summary: My first root filesystem corruption. : -(
- Keywords: pathetic unix integrity unsuitable mission-critical
- Message-ID: <id.61QU.N82@ferranti.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 18:00:16 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ferranti.id.61QU.N82
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- In article <Bx42wH.Aw8@spock.dis.cccd.edu> markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Mark Bixby) writes:
- > Many people pointed out that the write cache gives you speed at the expense
- > of integrity. I knew this. It was taught during the HP training I went to
- > before delivery of the system. And I also know that technology exists _today_
- > to give write caches some integrity without undue sacrifice in speed.
-
- In fact, the Log File System from Sprite (which should be in 4.4BSD if Berkeley
- hasn't decided to drop it) should do this. It's late, but better late than
- never...
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