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Yep, this is how I ended up running ZFS. Because with XFS the answer to "oh no a power cut" was "lol, a bunch of files might be zeros. Figure out which ones."
by XorNot 3y ago
Yep, this is how I ended up running ZFS. Because with XFS the answer to "oh no a power cut" was "lol, a bunch of files might be zeros. Figure out which ones."
The whole weird implication that there's something else which is perfect is always bizarre: there isn't, everyone knows that, it's extremely non-trivial to do that.
- jsiepkes 3y ago> Because with XFS the answer to "oh no a power cut" was "lol, a bunch of files might be zeros. Figure out which ones." Got bitten by that one once as well. I recall the XFS FAQ had something like in it like: "If you know it hurts, then don't do it."
- chasil 3y agoWasn't this XFS problem solved by write barriers? I remember that happening to me once long ago, but never on rhel 7 or above.