>> Every database software will do the flushing correctly. > > > Stefan, you are making my point because every database will do the right > thing, it won't rely on ext3's magic every 5 second fsync :) Ok, let us agree on this one then ;) There is still kind of a dichotomy regarding the entire issue. While in many cases, noone will complain about a few seconds of lost data, it is an entirely different beast if you lose an entire file that may have been added to and maintained over month/years, just because the system went down at an unfortunate moment. In my opinion, having a consistent, yet possibly somewhat outdated file, is much more important than having the most recent view in an inconsistent/broken state. _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
