Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:34:25 -1000 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: comments on newfs raw disk ? Safe ? (7 terabyte array) Message-ID: <17874.1201.233347.849783@roam.psg.com> References: <200702130927.l1D9RBn9034761@lurza.secnetix.de> <20070213093220.C95571@kozubik.com>
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> Also remember that filling a filesystem to capacity _while_ it is > being snapshotted will lock your system up[1]. I suppose some > interesting crash loops could arise from this bug on a near full > filesystem that someone is unlucky enough to background fsck. > > I think that FreeBSD needs to address the default implementation > of background fsck in general. UFS2 snapshots are dangerous and > unstable, and have been since their introduction in 5.x [2]. first, this smells of fud. second, this is not a problem for me. as the 4tb drive is the target of everyone else's dump/restore, i do not intend to snapshot it and dump it live. rasndh
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