Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030506AbWEZHXd (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 03:23:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030509AbWEZHXd (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 03:23:33 -0400 Received: from embla.aitel.hist.no ([158.38.50.22]:11166 "HELO embla.aitel.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030506AbWEZHXc (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 03:23:32 -0400 Message-ID: <4476AC3B.5030704@aitel.hist.no> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 09:20:27 +0200 From: Helge Hafting User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Engelhardt CC: Nathan Scott , linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: XFS write speed drop References: <20060522105326.A212600@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> <20060523084309.A239136@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 710 Lines: 17 Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Well as mentioned, -o nobarrier solved it, and that's it. I do not actually > need barriers (or an UPS, to poke on another thread), because power > failures are rather rare in Germany. Then there are mistakes like someone stepping on the power cord, pulling out the wrong one, drilling holes in the wall, there are kernel crashes, there is lightning, there is the possibility that some component inside the box just breaks. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/