> >>Linux(*) defaults to EXT2FS, async(metadata)/async(data). This means
>
> > I'm not aware of which Linux distributions are shipping IBM or SGI
> > derivative filesystems by default - hence, "Each must be tweaked by the
> > sysadmin".
>
> It should be noted, though, that some newer distributions (such as
> RedHat) ship with ext3fs as default, which adds metadata logging and
> thus might be a bit safer.
>
is that logging done async with others too?? ;)

maybe joking, but i'm not sure...