On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 01:58:43AM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> >     It's time to bite the bullet and admit that fsck is no longer
> >     scalable for modern storage capacities.
> 
> To the extent that this statement is true, it's a statement about user
> expectations, not a statement about the technology.
> 
> The time it takes to fsck a "big disk" now is approximately the time it
> took to fsck a "big disk" 10 years ago, and approximately the time it
> took to fsck a "big disk" 20 years ago: relevant speeds have kept a
> remarkably even pace with storage density.

Yes, but this time is probably less acceptable now than it was 10 or 20 years
ago.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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