← Back to context Comment by a-dub 7 years ago if you've got removable disks on your servers, valhalla was lost long ago! 5 comments a-dub Reply xyzzyz 7 years ago Huh? Hot swapping disks is extremely common. dboreham 7 years ago Depends on your definition of 'hot' (and also on your definition of 'disk'). If you mean 'FS volume under active write load' then no it isn't extremely common. a-dub 7 years ago the raid device remains stable and fsyncs don't fail in that case. stonogo 7 years ago You don't use networked filesystems? a-dub 7 years ago not on production db servers, no.
xyzzyz 7 years ago Huh? Hot swapping disks is extremely common. dboreham 7 years ago Depends on your definition of 'hot' (and also on your definition of 'disk'). If you mean 'FS volume under active write load' then no it isn't extremely common. a-dub 7 years ago the raid device remains stable and fsyncs don't fail in that case.
dboreham 7 years ago Depends on your definition of 'hot' (and also on your definition of 'disk'). If you mean 'FS volume under active write load' then no it isn't extremely common.
stonogo 7 years ago You don't use networked filesystems? a-dub 7 years ago not on production db servers, no.
Huh? Hot swapping disks is extremely common.
Depends on your definition of 'hot' (and also on your definition of 'disk'). If you mean 'FS volume under active write load' then no it isn't extremely common.
the raid device remains stable and fsyncs don't fail in that case.
You don't use networked filesystems?
not on production db servers, no.