* Matthias Buelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-16 16:07 +0200]: > Nicolas Rachinsky wrote: > > >> >The track which is corrupted could contain data that wasn't written > >> >to in months. How would the journal help? > >> > >> I don't understand this question. > > > >The track destroyed could contain sectors which are in no way related > >to the sectors the OS is writing to. > > And in what way is that related to the existence or nonexistence > of write barriers and a journal?
You wrote before: | If track corruption occurs after the journal is written, it doesn't | matter, since at boot the journal will be replayed and all operations | will be performed once more. > If you pound the disk with a hammer, it will most likely break, > no matter what strategy you're using. > That you cannot eliminate _all_ sources of error with a strategy > doesn't mean that you shouldn't implement it to minimize the number > of errors that could happen. I'm not argumenting for or against write barriesrs or a journal. Nicolas _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
