Guido Fiala wrote: > On Tuesday 24 April 2007 19:46, Luca Olivetti wrote: >> En/na Patrick Cernko ha escrit: >>> I'm using SGI's XFS for any kind of data filesystem and only use ext3 >>> for / . So far, no problems at all. >> I also use XFS exclusively, but I have the "random zeroed files" when >> the system crashes/power goes off unexpectedly. > Oh sorry, I missed that. But something like that must be expected on every system on crashed at least if you do not mount the FS "in sync" (like sugested for a totally safe qmail mailserver :-) ). > I always thought exactly this should be avoided by a journalling FS? > > A pity that Tux2 never made it (because the author thought of patent > issues) ... or is there similar technology available now, so many years > after? > The journal normally only protects the filesystem metadata so that the OS can still "recognize" the the block-dev as a filesystem. Some filesystems also allow "data journaling" but at a cost of writing the data twice to the disc(s). So long, -- Patrick Cernko | mailto:errror@xxxxxxxxxx | http://www.errror.org "Wo wir schon bei den Drogen sind kommen wir auch gleich zum Hip-Hip." (Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, Echo-Verleihung 2007) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/attachments/20070424/29257c5c/signature.pgp
