Re: New filesystem for Linux

From: Jörn Engel
Date: Thu Nov 02 2006 - 18:59:36 EST


On Thu, 2 November 2006 22:52:47 +0100, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
>
> new method to keep data consistent in case of crashes (instead of
> journaling),

Your 32-bit transaction counter will overflow in the real world. It
will take a setup with millions of transactions per second and even
then not trigger for a few years, but when it hits your filesystem,
the administrator of such a beast won't be happy at all. :)

Jörn

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