On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, David Sparks wrote:
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> Nobody commented on this question though, I'll put it up again. Most of
> the information I've gathered on external logs dates back to the IRIX
> days -- I hope there isn't anything out of date there.
>
> > Regarding external logs, I've never formatted a XFS with an external
> > log. From what I can gather (google, man pages), doing so is supposed
> > to reduce disk head seeking hence performance is improved. Is anyone
> > aware of any benchmarks that explore internal/external logs and sizes?
> > My preference is for an internal log as that just simplifies things.
>
> Is there any advantage to an external log on a separate partition on the
> same device, as opposed to an external log on a separate device?
> Basically is an external log only for performance benefits or are there
> robustness benefits also?
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Matt Stegman
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