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Date:      Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:41:42 -0500
From:      Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
To:        "James R. Van Artsdalen" <james-freebsd-fs2@jrv.org>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS recovery after power failure
Message-ID:  <20101219054142.GC70444@in-addr.com>
In-Reply-To: <4D0D8095.6000106@jrv.org>
References:  <AANLkTikpYhLFxTp-5ahXQcZTMC5jMTK9Ca%2B6Xq4VEhhO@mail.gmail.com> <4D0D156B.1070402@jrv.org> <4D0D8095.6000106@jrv.org>

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On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 09:48:37PM -0600, James R. Van Artsdalen wrote:
> On 12/18/2010 2:11 PM, James R. Van Artsdalen wrote:
> > I do know how to recover pools. But I do want to know how it failed.
> 
> Er, I meant to say I do NOT know how to recover pools.
> 
> Sergey's failure doesn't fit any pattern I am familiar with.  Loss of
> power should not have been harmful.
> 
> Perhaps 3ware "cheats" and returns success to SYNC before the disk
> actually completes the command?

3ware controllers can be configured with write-back cache even without
a battery backup, which will almost certainly mean loss of
data if the power is pulled.  



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