Thank you for your fast reply!
On Thursday 03 February 2005 10:47, Nathan Scott wrote:
> >
> > Does XFS journal everything (data and metadata) or only metadata?
>
> Only metadata.
OK
> > Are we able to move an internal log to external log on an existing
> > filesystem? (xfs_growfs has an option for it "-x", but the man page says
> > it is "not implemented") - If this is not implemented, do we have
> > alternative measures for creating an external log on an existing
> > filesystem?
>
> Its not implemented. It would be quite straightforward to do
> offline (I remember Steve sent mail about an unsupported way to
> do this a few years ago) - could be done through xfs_db. It's
> really not a difficult extension to xfs_db if you want to try
> coding it.
>
> Online would be more involved, though could be done (probably
> via xfs_freeze, then xfs_growfs-x+<new code>, then thaw).
OK - An offline solution is fine with me, but I cannot find Steve's mail
(Haven't been subscribed to this list that long).
- Steve, Is this still an option with present XFS implementation? - And can
you maybe elaborate a bit on how to do it? :)
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Anders Saaby
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