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If speed is a lesser concern, consider using the -sync mount option. 
Not sure what filesystems support that, or maybe it is a generic Linux
thing so all of them do.  I do know that XFS supports it.

The -sync option is supposed to tell the entire FS/partition to ensure
data is flushed from cache prior to returning from write() calls.  You
would also want to disable any controller/disk write caches you have.

If that is too unwieldy for you, I think you can use the chattr
command to set a file-by-file flag that enables sync.  That way any
specific files you want to protect should not return from write()
calls until their data is flushed from cache.

As I recall, chattr is only documented to work with ext2/ext3, but
support has also been in XFS for a while now.

FYI: Without the use of the above, I would consider XFS my last choice
for surviving unclean powerdowns.  It has a very bad reputation.

FYI2: there was recent thread about all this on the XFS mailing list. 
It had a little more information than the above.

Greg


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