Re: journaling filesystem

geerten kuiper (geerten@bart.nl)
Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:21:23 +0200


At 17:27 12/06/97 +0200, Michael Neuffer wrote:
>On 12 Jun 1997, stephen farrell wrote:
>> How important do you consider a good journaling fs for linux?
>
>It is essential for all people that need real HA.
>
>Mike

Hmm..,

Tandem Computers, known for their high availability, do not have a
journaling fs. Audit trail is generated at a higher level (where files
consist of data rather than just a stream of bytes), is handled mostly by
user space processes, and is stored in normal files.

Groeten,
Geerten.

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