From: David Ford <david@blue-labs.org>
To: otto.wyss@bluewin.ch
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux should better cope with power failure
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 01:47:04 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ABC6D18.337E5089@blue-labs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ABB6B82.62293CAD@uni-mb.si> <3ABBA400.2AEC97E8@bluewin.ch> <3ABBD11D.FE20FB69@blue-labs.org> <3ABC5E89.FB6A2C89@bluewin.ch>
Otto Wyss wrote:
> > No, the correct answer is if you want a reliable recovery then run your disks
> > in non write buffered mode. I.e. turn on sync in fstab.
> >
> You probably haven't tried to use sync or you would have noticed the
> performace penalty. I think nobody really considers sync an alternative.
>
> O. Wyss
You can't have the best of everything. There are tradeoffs. A viable option is a
journaled filesystem. Linux boasts a few, two of which are at your fingertips by
way of config options. Read up on JFS or ReiserFS.
-d
--
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. Thomas Jefferson
The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. Andrew S. Tanenbaum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-24 9:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-23 15:28 Linux should better cope with power failure David Balazic
2001-03-23 18:22 ` Gerhard Mack
2001-03-26 9:34 ` David Balazic
2001-03-23 19:29 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-23 22:41 ` David Ford
2001-03-24 8:44 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-24 9:47 ` David Ford [this message]
2001-03-24 10:28 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-26 10:22 ` David Balazic
2001-03-26 10:17 ` David Balazic
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-03-19 22:35 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 23:12 ` John R Lenton
2001-03-19 22:11 Stephen Gutknecht (linux-kernel)
2001-03-19 22:39 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-20 21:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-03-19 21:16 Torrey Hoffman
2001-03-19 22:28 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-03-19 23:05 ` Andre Hedrick
2001-03-19 19:46 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 19:59 ` Charles Cazabon
2001-03-19 20:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 20:51 ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 21:08 ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 21:35 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 21:59 ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 22:15 ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 15:14 ` Ben Ford
2001-03-19 23:07 ` Werner Almesberger
2001-03-19 20:19 ` William T Wilson
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