Christoph Hellwig wrote:
The rule of thumb is: if nobarrier makes your workload run faster you
should not be using it, aka: don't use it.
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So what is the purpose of the switch if it is to only
be used when it makes no difference?
I.e. My raid controller does write-through if it's internal
battery needs replacing, otherwise, it does write-back.
On top of that my system is on a UPS that is good for a hour or more
of running.
So, I used to use nobarrier on "work" disks where there were likely
to be alot of "writes". Those disks are also backed up daily via
xfsdump/restore. I figured those would benefit most, and at worst
I could restore to previous morning's backup.
Eventually stopped using the option, as for the most part, I couldn't
really measure any reliable difference in performance (which means
I should use it?!?).
Hmmm...
The only times I have experienced disk corruption on a single
disk were either back before I ever tried the option, or when
I had several months to a year where I tried to use software
RAID5 (several-10+ years ago, before it was possible to use
multiple cores for doing some RAID operations).
I doubt I'm going to try it again soon, but being told that
it's only "ok" to use an option when it makes no difference
in performance *sounds* more than a little confusing.
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