Marten van Wezel wrote:
> Does XFS support Bad blocks handling? I am browsing the web for quite a while
> now but I can't find any reference to how XFS behaves under less then optimal
> hardware conditions?
>
> What happens when a block on a drive is physically bad, what happens when
> a scsicable is badly connected, etc etc?
>
> Are there provisions in XFS for this type of problems (mapping out bad blocks
> or perhaps even on-the-fly adjustments) or do we simply have to hope that
> the hardware itself is flawless?
>From the archives:
> > Does anybody know how xfs handles "just appeared" badblocks? If even...
> > How to inform xfs about badblocks (if that's possible) to let xfs avoid them
> > or just kiss hdd goodbye
> A feature just went into XFS which is shutdown on error, which basically
> means that if we get a metadata I/O error the filesystem gets shutdown,
> all processes in the filesystem get errored out of their system calls,
> and you get to type unmount somewhere.
> Steve
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