xfs_repair use all memory

Wed Jun 17 06:37:06 CDT 2015

Hi

On 06/17/2015 01:33 PM, Lampa wrote:
> unable to repair - running without -n parameter requires more memory.
> Always killed by kernel
> 

What we did (not really beautiful) but it worked for a large file system:

Hooking up a SSD to the system (internall/USB) and make it swap space
for the box.

It will not help the speed, but it may be enough to get enough "memory"
to xfs_repair to finish.

Cheers

Carsten

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