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Date:	Sun, 7 Sep 2003 23:15:24 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: JFS

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In <200309080523.h885N4Jk013107@smtp.ucsd.edu>, on 09/07/03
at 10:21 PM, sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro) said:

>I somehow thought that an advantage of JFS over HPFS was that there was
>not the 2.1 gb file size.

That is one of the advantages of JFS. As I mentioned, JFS is a file
system. The standard APIs have a 2GB limit. This is why application
needs to be changed to take advantage of the increased JFS limits.

>Now that I realize that that is not the case, I would like to know what,
>if any, advantages JFS does have over HPFS.

JFS has much better caching and recovery features. A Google search will
get you lots of info.

Steven

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