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I wrote five because I started to count 5 times ago. My RAM is in good |
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condition :) Problem with reiserfs (reiser4 is used across the net to |
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specify version 4.X IMHO) occurs on many machines - servers, backup servers |
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(rsync once a day), desktop computers (3 or 4), laptop (only one). |
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Every one of them was tested and works with ext3 (but it has limit of |
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subdirs), every one of them works fine under UFS2 (freebsd, limit of dirs, |
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too). Some of those servers work hard with mysql,php,apache (more than 2000 |
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queries per second) and errors occurs randomly... 1 per week. |
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Backup servers doesn't do very much - only one rsync process at a time and |
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this is enough to break reiserfs. |
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To resume: |
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1. reiserfs breaks down on power failures even with option data=journal or |
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sync |
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2. reiserfs breaks down on every machine that I have - from pentium-mmx to |
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Core2Duo, about 10 machines |
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3. reiserfs breaks down on heavy load (/proc/loadavg=35), and low load(=0.1), |
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*it only takes a time* |
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4. reiserfs broke down on all partitions that was using reiserfs |
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5. reiserfs breaks down on 2.4.21+ and some older |
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6. reiserfs breaks down on 2.6.17, ..18 and older that I can't remember |
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7. ram, disks, cables was tested, changed, and problem stays |
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8. ...sata, ata/pata |
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9. maybe those are just accidents but they occur too often to call them just |
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accidents |
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Conclusions: |
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1. UPS will not help you with reiserfs |
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2. Do not use reiserfs on production systems |
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3. "quite stable" means "works for them, not for me". |
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4. journal only slows things down and does not preserve any consistency |
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My questions: |
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1. Is there the file system that preserves data & metadata like UFS2 ???? |
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"solid as rock!" |
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2. What options do I need to enable (mount/mkfs) for XFS or JFS to enable |
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FULL journaling? |
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3. How to bypass limit od 32000 dirs on ext3? |
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4. Is there an option in kernel and how to enable it to sync on Oops and |
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reboot? |
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On 10/28/06, Norberto Bensa <nbensa@×××.net> wrote: |
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> |
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> CapSel wrote: |
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> > So my question is - how can I help to eliminate this bug(s)? |
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> |
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> Can you check your RAM please? Reiserfs (3.x that is) is very stable. I'm |
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> using it for five years now. No data loss or corruption. |
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> And DON'T use XFS if you can't afford an UPS. |
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> |
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> |
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> Regards, |
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> Norberto |
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> |
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