On Friday 25 Sep 2009, Raja Subramanian wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Rajagopal Swaminathan > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have heard in other forums that XFS is a screamer when it comes > > to media files etc... > > XFS is great, if you have a 64bit kernel, plenty of RAM, stable > hardware and power source. > > Data recovery after an abrupt power loss or kernel crash is extremely > difficult. I have lost several XFS volumes (on IRIX and Linux) due > to hardware/power issues -- expect all file/dir names to be renamed > with corresponding inode numbers and moved into /lost+found!
I have inherited the system administration of a file server with a 6TB XFS filesystem. What was the size of the XFS file system with which you experienced the above problem? The client premise experiences frequent power outages. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
