On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:03:40PM -0400, Peter Fraser wrote: > I did read the papers. There is a difference between the file > system being screwed and data lost. Softupdates hopefully stops > the files system from being in a bad state, but it is amazing > how much user data can be lost on a power failure while using > softupdates.
you can loose much more data w/o softdeps _and_ get your filesystem horribly broken. cu > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of mickey > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:49 AM > To: Peter Fraser > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Softupdates question > > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 10:45:15AM -0400, Peter Fraser wrote: > > I had always assumed the use of softupdates was safe as long > > as you could have reasonable assurances that the machine would > > not be shutdown without warning. (i.e. no loss of power or reset > > being hit). > > > > So if you had a UPS, good hardware, and no vandals it's good to use. > > actually if you bother to read the papers > whole idea behind softdeps is to ensure better recoverability > from crashes/power/etc. > cu > -- > paranoic mickey (my employers have changed but, the name has > remained) > -- paranoic mickey (my employers have changed but, the name has remained)
