Thomas Bächler wrote:
Delayed allocation might lead to data loss of recently created or overwritten files in case of power failure or system freeze. The most common case of overwriting files in badly written programs has been worked around in ext4, but theoretically it might still happen (witnessed by a file with size 0 after power loss or otherwise unclean shutdown). The same is the case for xfs or btrfs though. You can disable delayed allocation, but that will negate one of the performance improvements in ext4 compared to ext3.
Thomas, Thank you. That's exactly the type information I was looking for. Since this Arch box is my home server I'll give ext4 a shot. Since this thing functions under a light load and has about 30 minutes of battery backup I should be fine. I'll pass along any anomalies -> hopefully you won't see any ext4 message subjects from me later... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com