I'm wondering if anyone is using softdeps in a production environment. 
I'm thinking of using 1.6 for a busy mail server and I'm not sure if I
should use softdeps.  The machine will have lots of ram and a fast
processor (probably 3Ghz) along with a 80GB disk.  So, does anyone on this
list use 1.6+softdeps on busy servers?  Any input is much appreciated.

thanks

>>
>> > So do the words "SGI is actively working on it" inspire me?
>> > Not overwhelmingly. These are the folks who came out with a $5000
>> Windows workstation.  It was better than the $2000 ones from every
>> vendor in the world, so they did manage to sell 4 or 5 of them :)
>> Today they love Linux.
>>
>> Well, of course SGI does some very stupid/silly things, but they're
>> just trying to stay alive in this business.  The reason why I
>> mentioned xfs is because of the fact that SGI actually ported 100% of
>> xfs's features to linux.  So the XFS that's running on linux right now
>> is the same one running in IRIX.
>
> Well, it's more than that they don't seem to be doing it very well. And
> in a climate where HP/Compaq own DEC, that's risky.  SGI has
> offered us some important things.  They have excellent CCNuma stuff.
> Wonderful ways to partition machines into bits.  Craylink is awesome.
> XFS is just another file system.
>
>> > I think IBM, who can tank for decades longer than SGI can tank, will
>> back JFS longer and better (assuming SCO doesn't end up owning them
>> ;).
>> Even though that's probably true, the problem I have with JFS is that
>> IBM's open source port actually comes from OS/2 rather than AIX.
> So?
>
>> I don't quite understand that; I thought AIX's JFS version would be
>> more appropriate for this kind of stuff.
> And you problem with the tool is....
>
>> I heard UFS2 will eventually be in NetBSD.  Is UFS2 a 'journaling'
>> file system?
> Read up on ufs at http://www.mckusick.com/
>
> This is a FAQ, almost.
>
> Me?  If i'm gonna use journalled file systems, I want ones where
> I can put the journal on another spindle.  LIke an NVRAM card.
>
> I like softupdates.  I like UFS2.  I like working on a snapshot while
> fsck runs.