Re: NetBSD on a database server - WAPBL, softdeps

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

rmind%NetBSD.org@localhost (Mindaugas Rasiukevicius) writes:

>Are you suggesting that long boots after system failure is the option?
>I think journaling for larger databases is mandatory.  And advisable for
>any other case.

Databases usually have only a few files, a fsck will be fast. So Journalling
just adds complexity to this special case.

>If there are issues with our fsync(), we ought to fix them.

True. In the meantime there is no reason to force the issue.

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