Hi, On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 15:57, Mark A Basil wrote: > Actually, now that I think about it, the major constraint is the disk space > needed for a >200MB journal. Most servers do have the space, but this will > be a network wide migration to ext3, and some servers are somewhat limited. > > I'm now beginning to question the journal mode, which is disappointing due to > the speed advantage it provides. Would it be extremely unwise to run a > journal of 50MB in data=journal? Not at all. > Would it help to flush the buffer every 10 > seconds instead of the default of 30? Actually, the default for the journal is 5 seconds, but in this case it doesn't matter --- a journal commit is required every single time you encounter a synchronous IO, so the sorts of situations where data=journal helps are situations where you're getting a forced commit several times a second anyway. Changing the default commit timeout really doesn't affect those situations at all. Cheers, Stephen _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
