Re: Journal Free Space

[Michael Wahlbrink <mimi.ka@xxxxxx>]

Craig Soucie wrote:
> So, if I have a partition that is a certain size and is holding my 
> external journal, I'm cool?  What happens when it fills up, does this hose 
> my fs or is there a mechanism to deal with that?
>
> Craig

As I understand the function of the XFS jurnal it only holds the changes 
of the metadata and not the data itself. If it get filled up (also as an 
externel partition), the disks will be synced. So it only slows down if 
the Journal filled up...
hth
regards
micha