[rescue] Re: how to utilize multiple tape drives in the

[dave at cca.org]

mcguire at neurotica.com writes:

>  Second, I'd sooner peel up my fingernails than have to fsck a 500GB
>filesystem.

>  Now, this is an "old" attitude; many newer filesystem technologies
>(i.e. logging filesystems) don't require fscking, and are much MUCH
>more resilient in the face of a system crash...but many folks seem to
>think that means they're impervious to ANY sort of failure, and can
>never become corrupted.  This is simply not true.

I've been really intruiged by the possibilities of filesystems
designed for particular types of traffic & file size. Apparently
it can be a *huge* win, but I haven't seen much about real-world
use.

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