Re: Filesystems

[Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>]

Glen <lpepicel@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> I know :)   I used to used to admin an AIX server... it did not crash
> once.  Z-e-r-o times.  And this thing was doing some real work too.

Ah, but the merit of journalling filesystems is that they "play well"
even if you have a power outage or other 'forcible crash.'

Journalling provides little value if the system /doesn't/ crash.
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