From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 14 02:12:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEEEF1065670 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:12:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnewman@networktest.com) Received: from mail.networktest.com (mail.networktest.com [216.240.60.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A2488FC08 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:12:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnewman@networktest.com) Received: from dhcp130.eng.networktest.com (ns.networktest.com [216.240.60.130]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.networktest.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2AC0478C7A for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:12:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4996289B.5060303@networktest.com> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:12:43 -0800 From: David Newman Organization: Network Test Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4994B999.1090307@networktest.com> <20090213004128.GA79335@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4994C29E.3020506@networktest.com> <20090212171653.3782fb82@gom.home> <20090213032150.GB79893@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <18836.61520.37080.844269@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090213105114.1cf2ed84.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090213110107.J1316@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <18837.29084.165121.938566@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090213141613.d4a0c0c1.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090213085243.205d6392@scorpio> <18837.36943.113888.898154@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <18837.36943.113888.898154@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: recovering from a power outage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:12:44 -0000 On 2/13/09 7:22 AM, Robert Huff wrote: > >> IMHO, if you are running a system where 'power outages' cannot >> be tolerated, why not install a UPS, they are really quite >> cheap, and be done with it? I cannot imagine any high end, >> mission critical system not employing one. > > Power outages are not the only thing which can cause (directly > or indirectly) file system corruption. Hi, I'm the OP :-) To that point, the system in question is attached to a 5000VA UPS. I did something stupid with the UPS control software that caused an, er, unscheduled shutdown. No UPS can help Mr. Fat Finger! Thanks for all your replies. dn