Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 09:19:44 +0100 From: Joachim Dagerot <joachim@dagerot.nu> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What logs etc do I need tocheckfrequently? Message-ID: <200312280819.hBS8Ji431054@thunder.trej.net> In-Reply-To: <3FEE672C.3030308@mac.com>
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| > As you with good memories know, I lost 3000 pictures of my first sons | > first year this month. I did have a RAID-5 system with fresh disks, | > however, shit happens and I have a feeling that this could have been | > avoided if I read my log files better. | | I'm sorry that you lost data. | | While you may have been able to notice the problem with the RAID-5 array in | time to do something, what you ought to do to avoid losing more data sometime | in the future involves making good backups-- not poring over the system log | files, not configuring RAID. I realise you are right. The thing is that this is a home system and I have (had!) around 230 GB of data that was non-replicable. I am not aware of a deasent backup system that can handle that amount of data. I will post another question about this later on. Thanks for your answers!
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