15 Aug
2013
15 Aug
'13
15:21
James Knott wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
No, power loss is the critical event - as far as Linux is concerned, the data has been written when the disk confirms, but until the data has actually made it to a platter, a power loss would be bad.
Isn't the purpose of journaling to prevent this sort of problem? If it's not in the journal, it hasn't been written.
It might be in the journal, but still not written - when it's in the controller or disk cache. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (24.5°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org