Re: fsync on large files

Kai Henningsen (kaih@khms.westfalen.de)
16 Feb 1999 23:09:00 +0200


goemon@sasami.anime.net (Dan Hollis) wrote on 13.02.99 in <Pine.LNX.3.96.990213213202.10189A-100000@sasami.anime.net>:

> I have *destroyed* seagate scsi drives by syslog's fsync'ing too much.
> (A syslog server handling 50 syslog lines/sec on average)
>
> After 2 destroyed drives in 2 months, one learns rather quickly to turn
> off fsync action.

I should think what one learns is to avoid Seagate drives.

MfG Kai

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