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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:36:47 -0800
Subject: 2.4.5 vs. 2.4.16
From: "Gabe E. Nydick" <gnydick@clubphoto.com>
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Hey folks,

    I've been using xfs since 1.0 was released and many of my machines have
2.4.5 on them and I get weirdnesses.  So as new patches come out, I've been
upgrading to a new kernel version.  The latest one I'm using is a 2.4.16
w/XFS+EXT3.  I've started migrating away from xfs because of problems like,
under heavy load, my entire file system got corrupt, missing files on
non-busy machines, etc.  Given the advantages XFS has over EXT3,
performance, and file size, I would like to know first of all, what kernel
version w/which patch w/which compiler makes a stable 2.4.x xfs kernel that
won't trash my filesystem.  Second, I would like to know, in what way I can
beat up my machine to test for these sort of failures that plagued previous
versions of xfs?

Thanks,
Gabe E. Nydick