International Business Machines Corporation
Prioritization of data in mounted filesystems for FSCK operations

Abstract:

A method for prioritizing data in mounted filesystems for FSCK operations is disclosed. An apparatus and computer program product also perform the functions of the method. In certain embodiments, the method includes selecting a prioritization mode from a plurality of prioritization modes, assigning a rank, based on the selected prioritization mode, to files in a file system, and analyzing, according to the assigned rank, the files to identify corrupted files.