RE: xfs internal error on a new filesystem

["Leon Kolchinsky" <leonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >
> >> Do u recommend that we switch back to reiserfs ?
> >
> >Not yet.
> >
> >> Could it be a hardware related problems  ?
> >
> >Yes. Do you have ECC memory on your server? Have you run memtest86?
> >Were there any I/O errors in the log prior to the shutdown message?
> Yes, we have ECC memory.
> We will try to run memtest86 as soon as possible.
> There were no I/O errors in the log prior to the shutdown message.
> 
> Btw, this is a vmware image. /vol/6 is an exported physical partition.
> 

I've read that vmware do disk caching by default and we know xfs has problem
with when disaster strikes.

You definitely should disable disk caching on you side. 

> >Cheers,
> >
> >Dave.
> >--
> >Dave Chinner
> >Principal Engineer
> >SGI Australian Software Group
> >
>


Regards,
Leon Kolchinsky