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...we're inquiring with IBM why it might be that cache wasn't flushed when the array was brought back online). Anyways, any ideas on why an increased journal would cause decreased performance? Nothing I've read in the archives would suggest that should happen. -- Matthew Berg <galt@gothpoodle.com>

Hello! I'm using a CompactFlash as storage device. Since those CF cards only have limited write cycles (CF does wear-levelling by itself, but you don't want to write too many timet so the card) i was wondering by what a factor the journaling of ext3 increases the write accesses to the CompactFlash compared to ext2. Thanks a lot already for your help! Sincerely Chris Braun