Re: System lock while accessing files causes file corruption

[Ken McDonell <kenmcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think this has been done to death on the list and FAQ.  XFS journals
metadata, not file data.

In the case of Oracle, that's what the transaction log is for, and that
is why the transaction log for a DBMS requires synchronous or guaranteed
writes.

On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Gonyou, Austin wrote:

> Why is this? If I open a file, text/otherwise and the power actually fails,
> (i turn it off), once in a while I get a corrupt file. Why is this? What
> would happen if I was writing to some Oracle filesystems and this situation
> occurred? Please advise.
>
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> Austin Gonyou
> Systems Architect, CCNA
> Coremetrics, Inc.
> Phone: 512-796-9023
> email: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>