RE: Cluster Software - Opinions

I am using ext3 with journaling in the enigma box. The error was a lost
inode that crashed the logrotate. There were problems with rotating logs in
the mailman directory. I was not able to empty that directory. Every action
(ls, ll,, etc) except cd-ing in hanged. I renamed it, created a new mailman
directory with identical permissions to the original one and now it seems to
be working. Fsck was run a couple of times but it did not fix the problem.
Fsck fixed some lost inodes a couple of times but the problems were still
persistent. After the mailman directory fix I am actually observing it for
any possible wonder.

Sincerely
Mr. Olsi Lulani


-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Mastin [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 3:51 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: Cluster Software - Opinions 

>The drive behind Linux in my opinion is not popularity (RedHat case) but
>support for drivers in case of unusual hardware and proprietary
applications
>that are released in binary only form. Even the support side is a lot
behind
>even MS.

I guess that depends on expectations. I found while working in M$ that I 
could find out how to do something, but not how to do it the way I want to 
or why it's done that way.... "it just is".

Some hardware vendors fell into the M$ trap.... turning out el-cheapo 
kind-of harware with software assisted drivers. That's not as common now 
as it used to be with more vendors willing to release specs to the OS 
community.

>I asked about this because I used 6.2  for about a year and the server run
>on the internet without any intervention. Than I upgraded to 7.2 and the
>system block every 2-3 weeks. Lately it generated some inconsistencies in
>the filesystem that ended up being caused by the lack of required
robustness
>in the EXT3 driver. The journal partially helped.
>

The inconsistancies could be cause by any number of things, and you could 
very well have been saved by the journalling filesystem. Hard disks have 
limits on wear and tear. EXT3 is EXT2 with journalling. Same filesystem as 
in 6.2, essentially.

Could be that you might be better off with a different filesystem, or need 
better power support... too many factors to guess at. What did you base 
your conclusion on?

Cheers,
Keith



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