Filesystem Journaling Update II - July 2005

Tue Jul 5 12:36:55 PDT 2005

Lately Matthew Dillon <dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>     Once we get reverse-journaling (UNDO records) working, we can do it
>     the other way.. the mirror would contain the completely up to date
>     filesystem and the journal files would be used to 'revert' it to an
>     earlier state if necessary.  This is safer because you can run the
>     filesystem closer to 100% full (when it fills up you just remove the
>     oldest journaling file), and you can restore a backup from the live
>     mirror without having to run through any journaling files.

excellent work! great stuff!

cheers
  simon

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