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On Saturday 28 October 2006 16:41, b.n. wrote: |
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> Dale ha scritto: |
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> > If you use XFS, make sure you have good power. XFS does not like power |
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> > failures at all. I have had to reinstall on a second rig because of |
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> > this very problem. If you have a UPS, that may be OK. |
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> Thanks a lot for the advice. Power outages do happen and I don't have an |
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> UPS. Why does it happen? Isn't XFS journaled? |
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a) journaling does not prevent data loss. It prevents fs corruption |
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b) XFS does very aggressive caching. Do you have a power outage, you might be |
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lucky, or you might be screwed. |
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