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From: Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?)
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:16:22
Message-Id: 4D87CDD9.2090006@asyr.hopto.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?) by Dale
1 on 03/21/2011 11:52 PM Dale wrote the following:
2 > <snip>
3 >
4 > If you use XFS, make sure you have a UPS to prevent hard power offs.
5 > I used XFS a good while back, every time the power would fail, it was
6 > toast.
7 I second this. My experience with xfs: a good chance you will end up
8 with empty (zero size) files when the power fails (or maybe when it
9 comes back up?).
10 > I never did get it to rescue itself and ended up re-installing the OS.
11 Same here.
12 > It may have changed
13 I don't think so.
14 > but that was my experience with XFS.
15 yea ...The hard way...
16 > It was fast and nice
17 Not fast on deletes. On the contrary, it was dead slow.
18 > but it likes normal shutdowns.
19 It won't survive otherwise...

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Re: [gentoo-user] the best filesystem for server: XFS or JFS (or?) Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz>