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Subject: Re: SCSI, U2W in particular?, and poor performance...
From: sthaugnethelp.no
Date: Sun Mar 05 2000 - 14:23:01 CST

> > UNIX file systems, esp those based on FFS, take great pains to
> > ensure that directories are updated in a safe manner.
>
> ... which is why it confuses me that FFS is so incredibly flaky.
> If you interrupt the power to a machine running FFS, quite
> frequently you will lose files. Sometimes files which had not
> even been accessed for weeks before the power interruption. Most
> of our machines, except those that are very new, have gaps in the
> /usr/src directory where some crash or other wiped files.

I'm sure you'll get lots of comments on this one. Let me just say that
your experience is completely contrary to my experience with FFS on
several different operating systems.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaugnethelp.no