From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262400AbTEFGvK (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 02:51:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262402AbTEFGvK (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 02:51:10 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:23315 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262400AbTEFGvJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 02:51:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 00:03:34 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Stephan von Krawczynski , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Are linux-fs's drive-fault-tolerant by concept? Message-ID: <20030506070334.GG8350@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Stephan von Krawczynski , linux-kernel References: <03Apr21.020150edt.41463@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca> <20030421131934.1f6e29b0.skraw@ithnet.com> <200304211414.h3LEEJtb002870@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304211414.h3LEEJtb002870@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 10:14:19AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > No amount of code wanking in the filesystem is going to save you if you hit > an error on your swap partition - but an 'md'-like driver might be able to > save you. Unless you swap to a file... ;) Which can be a overall benifet if you have one filesystem/partition on a drive. Your swap is closer to you data, and thus faster seek time. :) Now let's watch all of the people mention all of the deadlocks that come along with this... (really, I'd like to know.)