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On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:10:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > "Some directory operations (including unlink(2)) are not synchronous |
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> > on ReiserFS, which can result in data corruption with applications |
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> > relying heavily on file-based locks (such as mail transfer agents |
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> > qmail[9] and Postfix[10]) if the machine halts before it has |
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> > synchronized the disk." |
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> > So I can lose stuff if the computer crashes. I don't see that as a |
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> > specific problem with MTAs. although they do tend to have a lot of |
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> > file throughput. On the other hand, I think the fact that maildir |
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> > uses so many files is one of the reasons I went with ResierFS in the |
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> > first place, running out of inodes on a mail server would not be my |
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> > idea of fun. |
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> I solve that problem for me in the obvious way: |
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> I pay less attention to choice of filesystem and more attention on |
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> rigging systems that don't crash! |
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Maybe that's why I never hit this bug, I don't recall my mail server ever |
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crashing. |
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If this mail does not arrive intact, I spoke too so^%£$£" |
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Neil Bothwick |
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OPERATOR ERROR: Nyah, Nyah, Nyah, Nyah, Nyah! |
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