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Re: Repeating fs corruption

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Subject: Re: Repeating fs corruption
From: ViNiL <vladimir.linek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:51:54 +0200
In-reply-to: <200606202144.43329.Martin@lichtvoll.de>
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On Tuesday 20 June 2006 21:44, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Am Dienstag 20 Juni 2006 17:58 schrieb ViNiL:
> > Hello!
> >
> > We run several systems of this configuration, here:
> >
> > OS: Debian Sarge
> > Kernel: vanilla 2.6.16+ (+ Areca driver patch)
>
> [...]
>
> > Can anyone explain to me, what (and why is that :-) is going on with
> > the filesystem?
>
> Hello ViNiL,
>
> do you use write caching? With kernel 2.6.16 XFS got corrupted three times
> in one week here with writecache enabled.

Of course, we do use write caching! That is, why we've bought BBU (battery 
backup unit) for every RAID card. Are you going to tell me it is just a waste 
of money? 


ViNiL


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