From: Max Waterman <davidmaxwaterman@fastmail.co.uk>
To: Richard Scobie <richard@sauce.co.nz>
Cc: "Majed B." <majedb@gmail.com>,
Leslie Rhorer <lrhorer@satx.rr.com>,
linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: md software raid
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:09:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AE799B2.6000309@fastmail.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AE7955B.3020501@sauce.co.nz>
Richard Scobie wrote:
> Majed B. wrote:
>> Indeed xfs_repair doesn't require the abusive amount of memory
>> xfs_check requires.
>>
>> I've been a happy XFS user for a few years now, but the fact the
>> xfsprogs aren't being maintained properly and xfs_check is still a
>> failure, I'm considering other alternatives.
>
> This should change soon, see the September entry:
>
> http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_Status_Updates
>
> "On the userspace side a large patch series to reduce the memory usage
> in xfs_repair to acceptable levels was posted, but not yet merged."
>
I also notice SGI still (since their take-over) seem to feature it
fairly prominently on their web site, indicating to me that it probably
won't fall into dis-use any time soon...though web sites can be misleading.
Max.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-28 1:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-23 9:11 md software raid ian.d
2009-10-23 9:38 ` Robin Hill
2009-10-27 10:19 ` Ian Docherty
2009-10-27 20:52 ` Bill Davidsen
2009-10-27 20:55 ` Richard Scobie
2009-10-27 21:15 ` Christopher Chen
2009-10-28 0:45 ` Leslie Rhorer
2009-10-28 0:47 ` Majed B.
2009-10-28 0:52 ` Leslie Rhorer
2009-10-28 0:58 ` Majed B.
2009-10-28 0:50 ` Richard Scobie
2009-10-27 22:00 ` Ric Wheeler
2009-10-28 15:08 ` Eric Sandeen
2009-10-28 16:06 ` Bernd Schubert
2009-10-28 23:39 ` Dave Chinner
2009-10-28 1:09 ` Max Waterman [this message]
2009-10-28 1:10 ` Majed B.
2009-10-28 2:03 ` Richard Scobie
2009-10-28 2:11 ` Leslie Rhorer
2009-10-28 2:26 ` Majed B.
2009-10-28 2:54 ` Leslie Rhorer
[not found] ` <4D87015385157D4285D56CA6101072FF3A6675B8@exchange07.valvesoftware.com>
2009-10-28 2:52 ` Majed B.
2009-10-28 3:26 ` Guy Watkins
2009-10-28 3:08 ` Leslie Rhorer
2009-10-28 3:11 ` Chris Green
2009-10-28 3:29 ` Leslie Rhorer
2009-11-05 13:51 ` Matt Garman
2009-10-28 3:35 ` Guy Watkins
2009-10-28 11:27 ` Max Waterman
2009-10-28 3:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-10-28 6:37 ` Leslie Rhorer
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