Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue : update

2010-10-06 Thread Steve Brooks
Thanks Gordon .. a relief .. I am still inclined to move data and rebuild with all the current default EXT4 attributes. Steve On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 10/05/2010 12:50 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: >> tune4fs listed the filesystem state as "not clean". I remounted them as

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue : update

2010-10-05 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/05/2010 12:50 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: > tune4fs listed the filesystem state as "not clean". I remounted them as > read only while I decided what to do. The next day I check them again and > "tune4fs" reports the filesystem state as "clean". Could this be normal > behaviour? Yes. "not clean

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue : update

2010-10-05 Thread Steve Brooks
In the two 11T EXT4 filesystems (raid level 6), referred to inprevious posts, built on devices /dev/sdb /dev/sdc tune4fs listed the filesystem state as "not clean". I remounted them as read only while I decided what to do. The next day I check them again and "tune4fs" reports the filesystem s

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-05 Thread John R Pierce
On 10/05/10 5:25 AM, mcclnx mcc wrote: > Anyone know ORACLE support EXT4 or not? Oracle knows. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-05 Thread mcclnx mcc
Anyone know ORACLE support EXT4 or not? --- 10/10/5 (二),Steve Brooks 寫道: > 寄件者: Steve Brooks > 主旨: Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue > 收件者: "CentOS mailing list" > 日期: 2010年10月5日,二,上午5:24 > > > Hi, > > The "/etc/mke4fs.conf" is below. This file

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-05 Thread Steve Brooks
Hi Brent, Thanks for the reply. I have to make a decision yes, it is not an easy one either, I read have so many different reports, opinions that I now feel my brain has become rather scrambled.. Wondering now if I should just have smaller filesystems and stick with EXT3.. I have never used XF

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-05 Thread Steve Brooks
Hi, The "/etc/mke4fs.conf" is below. This file has never been edited by me or anyone else. [defaults] base_features = sparse_super,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index,ext_attr blocksize = 4096 inode_size = 256 inode_ratio = 16384 [fs_types] ext3 = {

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Miguel Medalha
> The defaults are determined by /etc/mke2fs.conf. If you've modified or > removed that file, mkfs.ext4 will behave differently On my CentOS 5.5 systems, defaults for ext4 reside on "/etc/mke4fs.conf". ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/04/2010 02:52 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: > The really odd thing here > is that on another raid disk created the "exact" same way with the exact > same parameters to "mkfs" and identically mounted I have an EXT4 > filesystem with different attributes, see below. Surely that should not > happen.

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Morten P.D. Stevens
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Miguel Medalha wrote: > >> I was just a little worried at the response from Brent earlier quote >> "Don't play Russian Roulette and use ext4."  . > > Maybe he was referring to some old information dating back to the > development period. > > ext4 has been declared

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Miguel Medalha
> I was just a little worried at the response from Brent earlier quote > "Don't play Russian Roulette and use ext4." . Maybe he was referring to some old information dating back to the development period. ext4 has been declared stable by the kernel people. As a matter of fact it is now the d

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Mike Hanby
bg sparse_super large_file huge_file uninit_bg dir_nlink extra_isize -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Miguel Medalha Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 4:41 PM To: Steve Brooks Cc: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] E

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Steve Brooks
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Miguel Medalha wrote: > >> Filesystem state: not clean >> > > You should really look at that line and at why it is there. Thanks again Miguel, Yep I have mounted the filesystems as read only for the time being. I am inclined to move the data and rebuild the filesys

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Steve Brooks
Hi Miguel, Thanks for the reply. > "What people are saying"? So instead of understanding and solving some issue I was just a little worried at the response from Brent earlier quote "Don't play Russian Roulette and use ext4." . The really odd thing here is that on another raid disk created th

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Miguel Medalha
> Filesystem state: not clean > You should really look at that line and at why it is there. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Miguel Medalha
> Below is the output from "tune4fs". From what people are saying it > looks like et4 may not be the way to go. > "What people are saying"? So instead of understanding and solving some issue you just jump wagon, maybe only to find some other issue there? ext4 is stable and works perfectly. You

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Steve Brooks
Hi, Below is the output from "tune4fs". From what people are saying it looks like et4 may not be the way to go. [r...@sraid3 ~]# tune4fs -l /dev/sdb tune4fs 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009) Filesystem volume name: Last mounted on: /sraid3/sraid3 Filesystem UUID: adc08889-f6a9-47c6-a570

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread James Bensley
On 4 October 2010 20:07, Steve Brooks wrote: > both are 11T and so I would prefer as much stability as possible, io > performance is not an issue on either device just integrity so I thought > the journal would be default and necessary. > > Any thoughts would be much appreciated. > My two pence w

Re: [CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Miguel Medalha
Can you give us the output of "tune4fs -l /dev/sdb" ? Does it show " has_journal" under "Filesystem features"? If it doesn't, you can input the following: tune4fs -o journal_data The option "journal_data" fits the case in which you don't care about the fastest speed but you put your focus on

[CentOS] EXT4 mount issue

2010-10-04 Thread Steve Brooks
Hi All, When a couple of EXT4 filesystems are mounted in a server I get the message Oct 1 18:49:42 sraid3 kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb): mounted filesystem without journal Oct 1 18:49:42 sraid3 kernel: EXT4-fs (sdc): mounted filesystem without journal in the system logs. My confusion is why are they