fsync

Mark Lubratt wrote:

OK. I'm getting a little confused.

I have two mirrored SCSI drives on our production server. For the
safest operation, do I want fsync=true? Or fsync=false? Or just the
default?

fsync has to be true for reliable operation, even with mirrored drives.
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On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 06:58, Mark Lubratt wrote:

OK. I'm getting a little confused.

I have two mirrored SCSI drives on our production server. For the
safest operation, do I want fsync=true? Or fsync=false? Or just the
default?

Thanks!
Mark

For any sort of recoverability after a crash, you need fsync on. That
should be the default for any sane filesystem build...

Stephen