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Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: |
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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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Well, but having to reinstall a system usually means you've badly |
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corrupted your FS. I'm a bit naive maybe -which realistic situation can |
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lead to a screwed system by simple data loss? |
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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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Yes, I read the previous thread, and I'm quite perplexed. A cache of |
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*megabytes* kept for *hours*? Mmm. I'm not sure it's what I want and/or |
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need. |
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What about JFS? |
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m. |
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