Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 23:51:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 23:51:22 -0500 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:517 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 23:51:16 -0500 Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 20:49:21 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Journaling pointless with today's hard disks? In-Reply-To: <9tp6tg$mge$1@cesium.transmeta.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 24 Nov 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Followup to: > By author: Florian Weimer > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > > However, if it's really true that DTLA drives and their successor > > > corrupt blocks (generate bad blocks) on power loss during block writes, > > > these drives are crap. > > > > They do, even IBM admits that (on > > > > http://www.cooling-solutions.de/dtla-faq > > > > you find a quote from IBM confirming this). IBM says it's okay, you > > have to expect this to happen. So much for their expertise in making > > hard disks. This makes me feel rather dizzy (lots of IBM drives in > > use). > > > > No sh*t. I have always been favouring IBM drives, and I had a RAID > system with these drives bought. It will be a LONG time before I buy > another IBM drive, that's for sure. I can't believe they don't even > have the decency of saying "we fucked". Peter, Remember my soon to be famous quote. Everything about storage is a LIE, and that is the only true I stand by. Andre Hedrick Linux Disk Certification Project Linux ATA Development - 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/