On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:27 AM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dirk Heinrichs wrote: >> Am Montag, 24. November 2008 22:09:52 schrieb Dale: >> >> >>> I wouldn't use XFS unless >>> it was all that was left. I tried it once a while back and found out it >>> does not like power failures at all. Each time I had a power failure, I >>> had to reinstall from scratch. >>> >> >> Hmm, I use it because of its resistance to power failures. When was it that >> you had such problems? >> >> Bye... >> >> Dirk >> >> >> > > Its been a while but it happened several times. I just got tired of > having to reinstall every time the power blinked. Turned out the wire > was loose on the transformer so they blinked a lot, every couple days or > so. I think it was Mandrake 9.2. > > I have had a power failure or two with reiserfs and it recovered. It > did the check thing but ran fine. > > Just my experience. Your mileage may vary. > > Dale > > :-) :-
I have a similar story, but for me it was JFS instead of XFS. I will never, ever, ever use JFS for anything again. I had XFS on a file server RAID box with a failing power supply and it died over and over and the FS stayed functional, so YMMV indeed. (I haven't tried reiser, I'm still scared about the corruption stories from years ago.) I suppose if you ask enough people, there will be horror stories about every filesystem. No matter which FS you choose, I wish you good luck and hope you have no new horror stories. :) Paul
