Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:43:53 +0100 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: Intel X25-E running Linux using XFS |
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Justin Piszcz wrote: > On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Pavel Machek wrote: >> Actually I'd like to know... how does it behave during powerfails >> while it is being written to? >> >> Flashes I seen (USB / SD) developed bad sectors in that case, and >> ext2/ext3 can't handle that. (And I don't think xfs can handle that >> either). > > I have a UPS for all of my machines, so that will not be a problem in my > case.
UPSs fail too.
... > With barriers, presumably it would be safe
There are other opinions: http://lwn.net/Articles/309576/ (Magnetic disks are discussed there.) -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- ==-- -==-= http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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