linux-kernel - RE: xfs internal error on a new filesystem

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Date:	Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:56:01 +0200
From:	"Leon Kolchinsky" <leonk@...struct.haifa.ac.il>
To:	"'Ahmed El Zein'" <a.elzein@...ab.net>,
	"'David Chinner'" <dgc@....com>
Cc:	"'Ramy M. Hassan '" <ramy@...ab.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <xfs@....sgi.com>
Subject: RE: xfs internal error on a new filesystem

> >
> >> Do u recommend that we switch back to reiserfs ?
> >
> >Not yet.
> >
> >> Could it be a hardware related problems  ?
> >
> >Yes. Do you have ECC memory on your server? Have you run memtest86?
> >Were there any I/O errors in the log prior to the shutdown message?
> Yes, we have ECC memory.
> We will try to run memtest86 as soon as possible.
> There were no I/O errors in the log prior to the shutdown message.
> 
> Btw, this is a vmware image. /vol/6 is an exported physical partition.
> 

I've read that vmware do disk caching by default and we know xfs has problem
with when disaster strikes.

You definitely should disable disk caching on you side. 

> >Cheers,
> >
> >Dave.
> >--
> >Dave Chinner
> >Principal Engineer
> >SGI Australian Software Group
> >
>


Regards,
Leon Kolchinsky
 


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