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Re: xfs caching and data loss

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Subject: Re: xfs caching and data loss
From: Martin Schröder <ms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:49:04 +0100
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On 2005-02-01 05:02:44 +1100, David J N Begley wrote:
> In that sense, from what I can tell XFS risks data loss (data intended to be
> sent to the disk but it never made it before the power disappeared) - though
> so does any other file system (only the amount varies).

IBTD: Take a look at ffs with soft updates and disabled hdd write
cache.

http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/general/full_papers/seltzer/seltzer_html/index.html
or http://tinyurl.com/20c2

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        Martin
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