Subject: Re: Data corruption issues, probably involving ffs2 and >1Tb
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org, tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/22/2007 00:15:29
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:45:19AM +1100, Daniel Carosone wrote:
> /*
> * tech-kern@ added and subject changed, in the hopes of recruiting
> * some ffs-expert help. After some comprehensive testing and
> * elimination this is looking very much like a ffsv2 bug to me.
> *
> * Quick background, more details available in the current-users
> * archives:
> * - ~1.1Tb ffs2 on cgd on raidframe R5 on 5x wd(4) NetBSD 3.x
> * - reproducible occasional data corruption reading files
The next step could be to try ffsv1, if dumping and recreating 1.1TB
filesystem is feasible.
According to archives, ffsv1 on >1TB used to work fine, if the filesystem
is smaller than 2TB.
Pavel