Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 1st Aug 2008 15:32 UTC, submitted by Daniel Sieger
Today, support for metadata journaling has been added to NetBSD's implementation of the Berkeley Fast File System (FFS), eliminating the need for lengthy file system checks after a crash or power failure. Support for converting existing file systems to use the new journaling capabilities is provided as well. See the official announcement
for all the details.
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2005-07-06
The whole debate of soft updates vs journaling, and the bragging of BSD dudes about soft updates being superior, is now enlightened with a whole new light.
Of course, I applaud NetBSD and Wasibi for offering this, and it's a Good Thing that the user can /choose/ between soft updates and journaling.
But what will be the default? Journaling or soft updates? And if it will be journaling, are the fs devs who advised journaling still to be taken serious?