From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-bcache-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: bcache, layered block devices and unclean shutdowns
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 12:51:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121004195130.GB29494@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121004103625.GD17229-Z3X8UqLNtc1Swagx7F3lBaxOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>
On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 04:06:25PM +0530, Kingsly John wrote:
> Hi!
>
> In the archives I found a thread from a few months ago where it was
> recommended that it's best to use bcache on the RAID layer.(rather than the
> disks themselves or LVM)
>
> Wouldn't this affect bcache's ability to recover from an unclean shutdown?
> ie, if the raid array itself can't be brought up, bcache wouldn't be able to
> write caches to disk? (Or is that not a possibility)
Not sure what you're asking...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-04 19:51 UTC|newest]
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2012-10-04 10:36 bcache, layered block devices and unclean shutdowns Kingsly John
[not found] ` <20121004103625.GD17229-Z3X8UqLNtc1Swagx7F3lBaxOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-04 19:51 ` Kent Overstreet [this message]
[not found] ` <20121004195130.GB29494-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-05 2:45 ` Kingsly John
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