From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:21:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay00.pair.com (relay00.pair.com [209.68.5.9]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with SMTP id lACFLKmj017458 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:21:24 -0800 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:54:48 +0100 From: Emmanuel Florac Subject: Re: xfs options Message-ID: <20071112155448.26a2b479@harpe.intellique.com> In-Reply-To: <473844ED.7080605@jamendo.com> References: <473844ED.7080605@jamendo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Amandine AUPETIT Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com Le Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:19:57 +0100 Amandine AUPETIT écrivait: > I have a 7tb XFS filesystem. The partition is supposed to stock big > files between 2mo and 50mo. Quite no small files. > > So i'm trying to adapt the mount option to what I need, and what I > need is security. I want to be sure that NONE of the files will be > lost, even if there's a power failure. Unfortunately there isn't any such option. A power failure may be the cause of lost files on any filesystem. > For now, I just tried the noatime mount option, I know there is a lot > of options, but I don't really understand what they stand for. > > Do you have any suggestion to make my filesystem safer ? > Use redundant power supplies, and UPS; and make backups. Backups, backups, and backups. Keep a copy (with rsync or rsnapshot) on a similar server as your main backup, and a backup on tape. If your data is precious, JUST MAKE BACKUPS. -- ---------------------------------------- Emmanuel Florac | Intellique ----------------------------------------