Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id f82Np1811916 for linux-xfs-outgoing; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 16:51:01 -0700 Received: from pneumatic-tube.sgi.com (pneumatic-tube.sgi.com [204.94.214.22]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id f82Nowd11897 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 16:50:58 -0700 Received: from rattle.melbourne.sgi.com (rattle.melbourne.sgi.com [134.14.55.145]) by pneumatic-tube.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980310.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id QAA05403 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 16:49:18 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (kenmcd@melbourne.sgi.com) Received: from localhost (kenmcd@localhost) by rattle.melbourne.sgi.com (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA91626; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:48:23 +1100 (AEDT) X-Authentication-Warning: rattle.melbourne.sgi.com: kenmcd owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:48:23 +1100 From: Ken McDonell Reply-To: To: "Gonyou, Austin" cc: XFS mailing list Subject: Re: System lock while accessing files causes file corruption In-Reply-To: <85063BBE668FD411944400D0B744267A88851B@AUSMAIL> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk I think this has been done to death on the list and FAQ. XFS journals metadata, not file data. In the case of Oracle, that's what the transaction log is for, and that is why the transaction log for a DBMS requires synchronous or guaranteed writes. On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Gonyou, Austin wrote: > Why is this? If I open a file, text/otherwise and the power actually fails, > (i turn it off), once in a while I get a corrupt file. Why is this? What > would happen if I was writing to some Oracle filesystems and this situation > occurred? Please advise. > > -- > Austin Gonyou > Systems Architect, CCNA > Coremetrics, Inc. > Phone: 512-796-9023 > email: austin@coremetrics.com >