Posted Oct 30, 2012 9:14 UTC (Tue) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
Parent article: Thoughts on the ext4 panic
> Journal checksumming is an optional feature, not enabled by default, and, evidently, not widely used. Nix had turned on the feature somewhat inadvertently;
... which reminds us one of the ways Apple achieves higher Quality, while most others still fail: no optional features.
Posted Oct 30, 2012 15:10 UTC (Tue) by salimma (subscriber, #34460)
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... though when it comes to file systems, Apple's HFS+ is actually replete with seldom-used optional features - such as, mind-boggling as it might seem, case sensitivity.
But these are just exceptions that prove the rule... *ducks for cover*