MySQL and FS softupdates

[Glenn Nielsen]

I recently had a server running a MySQL master db lose power. When
the server came back up the mysql binary log used for replication
was missing the last 7-8 minutes of database changes.

FS softupdates are being used.

Are softupdates a good thing, a bad thing, or make no difference
for recovery of a mysql database after a server failure?

Thanks,

Glenn

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