Re: dedicated logging devices

Chris Mason (mason@suse.com)
Tue, 6 Jun 2000 12:13:49 -0700 (PDT)


On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Hans Reiser wrote:

> In the 2.5 timeframe I'd like to eliminate the need for a journaling device by
> distributing it over the FS using wandering logs.
> In the 2.4 timeframe separate log devices are fine.
>

I suspect a dedicated nvram device will outperform the standard wandering
log scheme. There are lots of ways this could be integrated into
wandering logs (weighted log areas for example), it might not be a bad
idea to make sure any new logging schemes can support it.

-chris

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