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On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Chris Mason wrote:
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> >
> > What are wandering logs, if I might ask?
> >
>
> This is an idea from Hans. Instead of having a dedicated logging area on
> the disk, any block can be a log block. Unlike ext2, reiserfs metadata
> can be anywhere on the disk. Placement of these tree nodes is critical to
> performance, and the wandering logs idea allows you to log the block by
> simply writing it to a new (better) location. So, the metadata is
> effectively defragmented on the fly.
>
> But, you lose the gains of big consecutive writes for the log area. It
> will be really interesting to see how it performs.
It sure will be interesting to hear how it performs with wandering logs.
I hope you get back to lk mailing list about the results, so that
ppl don't have to try to invent the wheel again :)
Regards
Richard Torkar
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