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On Tue, 20 May 2008, Wendall Cada wrote: |
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> Oli is correct. If reiser dies, the data is completely lost. It writes to |
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> the journal first, then writes the data. That, and when it decides to |
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> completely kill your B-Trees, you're screwed. After three unrecoverable |
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> reiserfs issues, I moved over to ext3 and have been very happy. |
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Yep, Ive had the same experience with Reiser. |
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Im suprised noone has mentioned that XFS uses lots of caching and so would |
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be good but only if your server is on a UPS or has redundant power |
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supplies. |
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And forget about NTFS. |
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Technical arguments aside, if you're serious about data loss and/or |
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performance, you would be using hardware RAID anyway. 3ware cards are |
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pretty cheap and the extra money is well worth it for peace of mind. |
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