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Re: HAMMER and bad disk sectors


From: elekktretterr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:43:52 +1100

>     You will get read errors.  EIO for any related files/directories.
>     It may or may not be able to reallocate them but HAMMER does not keep
>     a bad-block table.  media errors generally mean the media must be
>     replaced.  If the media error occurs in a bad place, like a bitmap or
>     undo record, the filesystem will be knocked down to read-only mode.


Do you think it might be useful to have a bad block table? It may take
days for a new hard drive to arrive, and sometimes the only choice is to
keep the box running for the time being.

Petr





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