From: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
To: Richard Bonomo <bonomo@sal.wisc.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: backups/dumps/caches
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:58:29 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020806235829.GF515@frodo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200208060032.g760WZP107993@maddog.sal.wisc.edu>
On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 07:32:34PM -0500, Richard Bonomo wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I have been trying to come up to speed on
> the issue of dumping file systems from
> 2.4.x kernels using dumps. I located
> Linus' unequivocal words about the dangers
> of using dump. I have a couple of questions:
>
> 1. Do the same warnings apply to XFS and xfsdump?
xfsdump doesn't directly access the device, so the metadata
and data it sees is coherent with other filesystem activity;
so, no these warnings are not applicable to xfsdump.
cheers.
--
Nathan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-06 23:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-06 0:32 backups/dumps/caches Richard Bonomo
2002-08-06 20:54 ` backups/dumps/caches Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-06 22:34 ` backups/dumps/caches Alan Cox
2002-08-06 23:58 ` Nathan Scott [this message]
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