Questions tagged [power-loss]

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Is a hard reset equivalent to power loss for storage devices and file systems?

There are trade-offs regarding data safety vs performance when configuring storage. Some faster settings are only recommended when one does not expect power outages, e.g. because the server has a battery backup unit (BBU). Manuals and articles…
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How does SSD meta-data corruption on power-loss happen? And can I minimize it?

Note: This is a follow-up question to Is there a way to protect SSD from corruption due to power loss?. I got good info there but it basically centered in three area, "get a UPS", "get better drives", or how to deal with Postgres reliability. But…
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