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Re: [opensuse] xfs file system

To: "Matthias G. Eckermann" <mge@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [opensuse] xfs file system
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:41:56 +0200 (MEST)
Cc: "Kenneth Aar, Grafikern.no" <kenneth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>> | > my question is, are there people here who have some 
>> | > experience with XFS?
>> |
>> | I've been using it for several years, both at home and on the
>> | servers at| work.  Never had a problem.
>>
>> I have heard that it is more prone to fault/corruption if you
>> yank the powercord or experience any form of unexpected
>> poweroutage...
>
>* "heard" from whom?
>* "more"  than what?
>
>Well, every filesystem will have to recover after "yank the
>powercord or experience any form of unexpected poweroutage".
>
>But compared to other FSs "xfs" is like heaven, xfs_repair
>works pretty reliable, especially after "forced crashes".


Added xfs list for great justice:

Yeah but I would be more happy if it did not zero out files (perhaps 
adding a new mount option?) but leave them as-is. I am more concerned 
about text files keeping their shape as far as possible rather than 
running into a corrupt binary configuration file.


        -`J'
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