From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GdpGC-0003y4-IE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:34:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9SEUCd2008411; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:30:12 GMT Received: from aa013msr.fastwebnet.it (aa013msr.fastwebnet.it [85.18.95.73]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9SERPL6008204 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:27:25 GMT Received: from [37.1.3.90] (37.1.3.90) by aa013msr.fastwebnet.it (7.3.105.6) (authenticated as cyclopia) id 452E074A00A8F46A for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:27:24 +0200 Message-ID: <45438794.7050105@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:38:44 +0000 From: "b.n." User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061003) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] BIG reiserfs problem References: <454338D3.2000504@exceedtech.net> <45436C00.5020405@gmail.com> <200610281505.58145.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <200610281505.58145.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3e4266fa-c0bf-48a8-898d-600f4b53e9fb X-Archives-Hash: e15a0a8d9e7e526e6a54959fa9d3a389 Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: > On Saturday 28 October 2006 16:41, b.n. wrote: >> Dale ha scritto: >>> If you use XFS, make sure you have good power. XFS does not like power >>> failures at all. I have had to reinstall on a second rig because of >>> this very problem. If you have a UPS, that may be OK. >> Thanks a lot for the advice. Power outages do happen and I don't have an >> UPS. Why does it happen? Isn't XFS journaled? >> > > a) journaling does not prevent data loss. It prevents fs corruption Well, but having to reinstall a system usually means you've badly corrupted your FS. I'm a bit naive maybe -which realistic situation can lead to a screwed system by simple data loss? > b) XFS does very aggressive caching. Do you have a power outage, you might be > lucky, or you might be screwed. Yes, I read the previous thread, and I'm quite perplexed. A cache of *megabytes* kept for *hours*? Mmm. I'm not sure it's what I want and/or need. What about JFS? m. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list