On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 07:35:23PM +1100, Giles Lean wrote:
> 
> >   A log based file system would be more reliable then journaling or soft
> > updates because it protects data as well as metadata.
> 
> The journaling filesystems I am familiar with do *not* protect file
> data; only metadata updates are journaled.  Database recovery etc is
> still definitely required after a crash.
> 
> Are there in fact any journaling filesystems that journal data as well
> as metadata?

Yes, LFS :)

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