Commit 1a091002 authored by Simon Riggs's avatar Simon Riggs

Clarify assumption of filesystem metadata integrity.

Jeff Davis
parent 8c3b87ca
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there is little it can do to make sure the data has arrived at a truly
non-volatile storage area. Rather, it is the
administrator's responsibility to make certain that all storage components
ensure data integrity. Avoid disk controllers that have non-battery-backed
write caches. At the drive level, disable write-back caching if the
ensure integrity for both data and filesystem metadata.
Avoid disk controllers that have non-battery-backed write caches.
At the drive level, disable write-back caching if the
drive cannot guarantee the data will be written before shutdown.
If you use SSDs, be aware that many of these do not honor cache flush
commands by default.
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