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Subject: Re: [9fans] More venti sync woes.
From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:10:24 -0400
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> it matters greatly.
> in some cases, if there's a lot to do, don't even bother until dma is on.
> otherwise, it takes simply ages.

regardless of the need to get things onto disk due to memory pressure,
the data's not safe from a momentary power problem until it hits
the disk.

my experience has been that even with upses, power is less reliable than
disks.

- erik