[OpenAFS-devel] AFS and UFS logging (fwd)

[Tim C.]

> > No, it's still present in OpenAFS at the moment.  Keeping a separate
> > cache partition is probably the best solution at the moment.  Note
> > that, to my understanding, the bug only occurs when your UFS cache
> > partition contains other things in addition to the cache.  If you
> > are running with a separate /usr/vice/cache partition, enabling
> > UFS logging on it should work (but I'm not sure what's the real
> > benefit..)
> >
> > -- kolya
>
  We had some older boxes using Transarc's AFS Server that when we turned on
ufs logging for the /vicep? partition, and rebooted the machine, it would
practically destroy all volumes on the partition.  I don't know if that's been
fixed either, but I would assume not.

Just an FYI...
  Tim

> Kolya,
>
> Thanks for the explanation.  We currently run our machines with a seperate
> cache partition (/cache :P), so I imagine from what your saying UFS logging
> should work.  The reason the question comes up is that for some of our
> heavily used machines (students, faculty, etc), if a machine gets rebooted,
> often /cache has to be fsck'd to get the machine back up again.  The
> thought was to use UFS logging instead, so that fsck'ing should need to
> take place.
>
> --Quanah
>
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