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Re: file corruption

To: Dmitry Nikiforov <dniq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: file corruption
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 00:53:08 -0800
Cc: Christian Rice <xian@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Dmitry Nikiforov <dniq_kraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 12:40:36AM -0600, Dmitry Nikiforov wrote:

> It appears that XFS does not guarantee the data consistency, and
> even worse than that: it will never tell you that some files are
> broken. I'd rather have a longer fsck which tells me which files are
> broken, even if it can't fix them.

ext2 sounds like a good solution then.

> Thanks for clarification, though! :) At least now I know _why_ XFS
> shouldn't be used on a production server :)

You're most welcome.  Best of luck with reiserfs.


   --cw


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