[SunHELP] UFS logging worth it?

[Fletcher, Joe]

We've got logging on here. Can't see the benefits since there doesn't appear
to be much difference 
between when it's on and when it's off. Take the system down and you still
end up with flaky filesystems most of the time. Not particularly impressive.

I've used ADVFS in Tru64 which is also a logging filesystem though it seems
rather more sophisticated. fsck becomes virtually non-existent. You can pull
the mains out and restarts
are instantaneous and clean. Also lets you concatenate disks on the fly to
increase filesystem
size. It's got some nice caching features too. Probably not of interest to
pure SUN sites
but it never hurts to know what the alternatives are. 

Joe



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