Re: dedicated logging devices

From: Hans Reiser (hans@reiser.to)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2000 - 13:19:49 EST


Chris Mason wrote:
>
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Hans Reiser wrote:
>
> > In the 2.5 timeframe I'd like to eliminate the need for a journaling device by
> > distributing it over the FS using wandering logs.
> > In the 2.4 timeframe separate log devices are fine.
> >
>
> I suspect a dedicated nvram device will outperform the standard wandering
> log scheme. There are lots of ways this could be integrated into
> wandering logs (weighted log areas for example), it might not be a bad
> idea to make sure any new logging schemes can support it.
>
> -chris

You might be right.

Hans

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