Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/DatabaseJournal.java
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/DatabaseJournal.java	(revision 1241434)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/DatabaseJournal.java	(working copy)
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
         // Get the local file revision from disk (upgrade; see JCR-1087)
         long localFileRevision = 0L;
         if (getRevision() != null) {
-            InstanceRevision currentFileRevision = new FileRevision(new File(getRevision()));
+            InstanceRevision currentFileRevision = new FileRevision(new File(getRevision()), false);
             localFileRevision = currentFileRevision.get();
             currentFileRevision.close();
         }
Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/FileRevision.java
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/FileRevision.java	(revision 1241434)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/FileRevision.java	(working copy)
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
     private final RandomAccessFile raf;
 
     /**
+     * Flag indicating whether to sync the file on every write.
+     */
+    private final boolean sync;
+
+    /**
      * Cached value.
      */
     private long value;
@@ -52,9 +57,13 @@
      * Creates a new file based revision counter.
      *
      * @param file holding global counter
+     * @param sync whether to sync the file on every write
+     * 
      * @throws JournalException if some error occurs
      */
-    public FileRevision(File file) throws JournalException {
+    public FileRevision(File file, boolean sync) throws JournalException {
+        this.sync = sync;
+
         try {
             if (!file.exists()) {
                 file.createNewFile();
@@ -101,7 +110,9 @@
             }
             raf.seek(0L);
             raf.writeLong(value);
-            raf.getFD().sync();
+            if (sync) {
+                raf.getFD().sync();
+            }
             this.value = value;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new JournalException("I/O error occurred.", e);
Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/FileJournal.java
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/FileJournal.java	(revision 1241434)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/journal/FileJournal.java	(working copy)
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public InstanceRevision getInstanceRevision() throws JournalException {
-        return new FileRevision(new File(getRevision()));
+        return new FileRevision(new File(getRevision()), false);
     }
 
     /**