Daniel Mons wrote: > ... >> Disclaimer: I have nothing against XFS in principle. I just haven't had >> good reliability from it. > ... > In your setup above, I can only think that the constant removal of the > disk is potentially causing the issue (I've not used XFS on removable > disks, which is a point of difference). I would try to ensure the > following:
That's the stupid thing - it doesn't get constant removal. It sits there online all the time. I only change it when i swap backup volumes off site once per week. > 1) You are manually issuing a "sync" command to flush write buffers > immediately before and immediately after unmounting the partitions (yes, > umount is supposed to do that, but just for sanity's sake). Script it > to be safe. It has been a very long time since i've seen a bug like that in the kernel... > ... > I hope some of that helps you track down your issues successfully. I have no plans to track any further. If ext3 is reliable, i don't really need anything else. It has been a long time since any of my systems have felt hampered by disk I/O. Paul
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