Re: Filesystem recommendations
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 07:36:39AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Rob Owens put forth on 4/28/2010 8:26 PM:
> > Many/most
> > users don't run a UPS and sudden unexpected power loss is a real
> > possibility for them.
>
> Really? I was under the impression that laptops and netbooks are now the
> primary computer of well over 50% of users worldwide (not counting smart
> phones). Laptops have a built-in UPS. In the U.S., given the numbers of
> cheap APC, Triplite, and Belkin UPS on the shelves at $big_box_store I'd say
> most U.S. desktop users have a UPS. I know I do. Pretty much every
> computer user I know personally has a UPS. In other parts of the world I'm
> sure there are many people who can barely afford a PC let alone a UPS. Used
> laptops are a great fit for those users, assuming the batteries aren't shot.
>
I only know for sure of one friend who has a UPS. He's the sysadmin for
his company. I don't even have one, and I know better! Good point
about laptops and netbooks, though.
By the way, I use XFS on my MythTV storage drive and I haven't had any
problem w/ data loss due to power outages. It has happened to me
several times, though, when I was using JFS. That's why I switched to
XFS. (I chose JFS and XFS over EXT3 in this case, due to their ability
to very quickly delete large files).
-Rob
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