Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755066AbYCQBbQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:31:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752317AbYCQBbB (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:31:01 -0400 Received: from eth7959.sa.adsl.internode.on.net ([150.101.82.22]:60488 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751594AbYCQBbB (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:31:01 -0400 Message-ID: <47DDC9EC.4060208@davidnewall.com> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:01:24 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Phillips CC: Alan Cox , Willy Tarreau , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Ramback: faster than a speeding bullet References: <200803092346.17556.phillips@phunq.net> <200803151500.05993.phillips@phunq.net> <20080315230558.12e9c96c@the-village.bc.nu> <200803161457.04580.phillips@phunq.net> In-Reply-To: <200803161457.04580.phillips@phunq.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 579 Lines: 12 Daniel Phillips wrote: > The UPS provides a guarantee of commit to stable storage. No amount of > FUD will change that. What about system crashes? They guarantee that data will be lost. I know opinions are divided on the subject of crashes: You say Linux doesn't; everybody else says it does. I side with experience. (It does.) -- 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/