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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!news.ci.com.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hamblin.math.byu.edu!park.uvsc.edu!not-for-mail From: mday@park.uvsc.edu (Matt Day) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux Date: 20 Feb 1996 20:16:26 -0700 Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4ge2qa$2gm@park.uvsc.edu> References: <4ftjt9$fjs@park.uvsc.edu> <DMv8w7.8H4@pe1chl.ampr.org> <4g5ivp$28m@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: park.uvsc.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14449 comp.os.linux.development.system:18125 In article <4g5ivp$28m@park.uvsc.edu> Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes: >4) Sync makes no difference in user perception of speed > unless you're the type of user who lives to run bogus > benchmarks, and then claim they represent a single > figure-of-merit to use when picking your machine. I disagree. ``rm -r'' runs much more slowly on a file system that does synchronous metadata updates, and that's just for starters. In many cases worth caring about, synchronous metadata updates have a significant negative impact on "user perception of speed". Do you honestly think Ganger and Patt did all that soft updates research just to optimize for bogus benchmarks? Matt Day <mday@park.uvsc.edu>