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On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:59:54 -0600 |
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Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I'm very interested in NILFS2 and considering using it as rootfs. I |
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> read some good reviews and seems to perform okay in benchmarks. The |
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> automatic checkpoints/snapshots sounds like it could be useful. (I'm |
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> thinking especially to see prior versions of files in /etc for |
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> example.) |
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> Have any of you used NILFS2 and have any failures or success to |
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> report? |
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I had some issues with NILFS2. It sometimes "breaks" and still has no |
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checking-repairing utility. I never lost my data, but garbage collector |
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couldn't work. |
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Such things happen rarely, but may be dangerous in production. |
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