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From: dricejb@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson drilex1)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: NFS writes and fsync().
Summary: What if the battery goes dead?
Message-ID: <15724@drilex.UUCP>
Date: 23 Oct 90 13:14:45 GMT
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In the discussion of how async writes on the server are not correct NFS,
and how sync writes to a controller with battery-backed RAM cache are OK
NFS, isn't this another example of relativity?  What if the battery goes
dead before the power is restored?  On the other hand, what if the server is
on an UPS?  Would it then be OK to do async writes?
-- 
Craig Jackson
dricejb@drilex.dri.mgh.com
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