Theodore Ts'o - 21.07.23, 15:35:26 CEST: > > At least that is what I thought was the background for not doing the > > "nobarrier" thing anymore: Let the storage below decide whether it > > is safe to basically ignore cache flushes by answering them (almost) > > immediately. > > The problem is that the storage below (e.g., the HDD) has no idea that > all of this redundancy exists. Only the system adminsitrator who is > configuring the file sysetm will know. And if you are runninig a > hyper-scale cloud system, this kind of custom made system will be > much, MUCH, cheaper than buying a huge number of $$$ EMC storage > arrays. Okay, that is reasonable. Thanks for explaining. -- Martin