Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 1st Aug 2008 15:32 UTC, submitted by Daniel Sieger
NetBSD 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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RE: NetBSD just got journaling?
by danieldk on Sat 2nd Aug 2008 10:28 UTC in reply to "NetBSD just got journaling?"
danieldk
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So, NetBSD just got journaling? Did they not have soft-updates previously?


Soft-updates and the log-structured filesystem (LFS). But soft-updates are fairly complex, and LFS does not have the same proven reliability as FFS. So, the addition of journaling to FFS is great, and a very nice contribution from Wasabi!

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