xfs_force_shutdown after Raid crash

[Dave Chinner]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 11:27:46AM +0100, Michael Monnerie wrote:
> On Mittwoch 04 Februar 2009 Michael Monnerie wrote:
> > == Q. What about the hard disk write cache? ==
> 
> What just comes to my mind: what about XEN/VMware?
> 
> What settings should be used within a virtual machine? Even if I have 
> battery backed cache and nobarrier on the host, the VM itself could 
> crash, or the whole host freeze. Is "nobarrier" save within a VM?

Depends on the implementation of the hypervisor.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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