Re: [Fwd: Re: here i come !]

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Mikael Hallendal">

> Is it that bad?

Yes, it syncs your hard drive regularly (every 5 seconds from memory?)

> Is it equally bad with ReiserFS, XFS or JFS?

Pretty much, although none of those do full data journalling, or even
ordered writes like ext3.

> This discussion is _very_ low level at this stage thouhg :)

Yeah... But it's great that we're attempting to establish an understanding
and culture around our resposibility to make decisions *for* our users. Most
FS/OSS people shirk that responsibility, and leave it up to their users.

- Jeff

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