Journaling not practical?!?!

["Smith, Dave" <dsmith@xxxxxxxxx>]

James,

I would guess they have tried journaling on a past system long ago and
watched it suck the life out of its performance.  I was guilty of seeing
the performance issues journaling presented many years ago and then
ignoring it for a long after that.   After using it now for many years,
I don't see how anyone can live without it...and most of the SQL stuff
does want journaling so it can do its thing properly.  Good luck!!

David Smith
IT Consultant

>>from: "James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>subject: Journaling not practical?!?!
>>
>>My fellow geeks:
>>
>>We've got a customer claiming that their system is too
>>big, with too many sensitive files, to journal everything.
>>
>>This sounds like a cop-out to me, particularly given that
>>IBM is actively encouraging users to journal EVERYTHING,
>>and that much of the SQL functionality won't even deal
>>with non-journaled files unless you explicitly tell it
>>it's OK to do so.
>>
>>Could anybody suggest how or why this wouldn't be a
>>cop-out, and/or a polite way to tell them they're sucking
>>antimatter if they think journaling isn't practical?
>>
>>--
>>JHHL
>>
>>