Re: ext4 features

Bill Davidsen
2006-07-03T22:52:56Z

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:34:18 EDT, Bill Davidsen said:
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>>I think he is talking about another problem. RAID addresses detectable
>>failures at the hardware level. I believe that he wants validation after
>>the data is returned (without error) from the device. While in most
>>cases if what you wrote and what you read don't match it's memory,
>>improving the chances of catching the error is useful, given that
>>non-server often lacks ECC on memory, or people buy cheaper non-parity
>>memory.
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>There's other issues as well. Why do people run 'tripwire' on boxes that
>have RAID on them?
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What has RAID got to do with detecting hacking?

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