| To: | Jeff Briggs <ephemeral.elusive@xxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: XFS null files |
| From: | Iustin Pop <iusty@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sun, 6 Aug 2006 23:22:11 +0200 |
| Cc: | xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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| Mail-followup-to: | Jeff Briggs <ephemeral.elusive@xxxxxxxxx>, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:32:49PM +0100, Jeff Briggs wrote: > Hello. > > I've just lost data to XFS, with the files full of nulls. I've found > posts dating back over two years about such data losses. I'm using > linux 2.6.17 with xfsprogs 2.8.10. FWIW, I've never lost files since disabling write cache on disks. > > emacs claims to fsync on write, yet still I lost data, the faq > suggests I should not have if this is so? Have you disabled the write cache of your storage, or is your storage battery-backed? Iustin Pop |
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