Re: [xfs_check Out of memory: ]

[Stan Hoeppner <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/29/2013 3:50 AM, Dave Chinner wrote:
...
> I think you are forgetting that developer time is *expensive* and
> *scarce*. This is essentially a solved problem: An SSD in a USB3
> enclosure as a temporary swap device is by far the most cost
> effective way to make repair scale to arbitrary amounts of metadata.
> It certainly scales far better than developer time and testing
> resources...

Now this is an interesting idea Dave.  I hadn't considered temporary
swap.  Would USB be reliable enough for this?  I've seen lots problem
reports with folks using USB storage with Linux, random disconnections
and what not.

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Stan