Barriers and journaling filesystems [LWN.net]

Barriers and journaling filesystems

Posted May 21, 2008 22:28 UTC (Wed) by iabervon (subscriber, #722)
In reply to: Barriers and journaling filesystems by evgeny
Parent article: Barriers and journaling filesystems

Having a UPS is great until the cat turns it off or the battery ages to the point where power
fluctuations cause it to reset or somebody turns off the computer's power switch or the power
supply burns out. Even if the outside power situation is well-protected, there's value to
having the drive store enough power to finish with its buffers and spin down carefully and
such.

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Barriers and journaling filesystems

Posted May 22, 2008 18:42 UTC (Thu) by amikins (subscriber, #451) [Link]

> Having a UPS is great until the cat turns it off

I'm NOT the only one that's been plagued by this? I've since learned to make cat-proof covers
for my UPS buttons...