Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 03/22/2010 11:04 PM, Chris Webb wrote: > > >Unless I'm missing something, the risk to guest OSes in this configuration > >should therefore be exactly the same as the risk from running on normal > >commodity hardware with such drives and no expensive battery-backed RAM. > > A host crash will destroy your data. If your machine is connected > to a UPS, only a firmware crash can destroy your data. Yes, that's a good point: in this configuration a host crash is equivalent to a power failure rather than a OS crash in terms of data loss. Cheers, Chris. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>