From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 13 13:52:47 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 59D6F106564A for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:52:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp107.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp107.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 00E8F8FC12 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:52:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 94936 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2009 13:52:46 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:X-Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=tf5SvtSdzRlowVJZfeX25RHPZr4Y3skS3WeMlc358lUEM1ZzplFDzEl17FCP56zmMVWQ9nIDOr96jPX2Nv+CKY7A4XDQ+n0Cv7kl7dcq7jgRKStW2kQ07xyuZj5g6UliYdmPLd8ZqXml2B0iEt4utXvQSpEq+VOHMd7AM6Ms/a4= ; Received: from unknown (HELO scorpio) (gesbbb@76.23.177.172 with login) by smtp107.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Feb 2009 13:52:46 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: UTicUIMVM1khYoA211vK20fwc_1YjBtGOr2zcoH2nA6qUVioGYk1NlptJe2XzhRkeCRFZIssIhN8apoWl0zVxSUMy3HvOp2Qbheage0SEoIXi2IFn2KJRrskfwPH2MwHLoN4C1ZvVoa88Sp2G6oUqHrk3SO9k8vYl335KyiwHDNVi15pJRomHxBqgGNi7snpOfrJzCPDReg6TPCvVtwRrktsEQ-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:52:43 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090213085243.205d6392@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20090213141613.d4a0c0c1.freebsd@edvax.de> 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> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEX+/v7++v6YOTrq8PCcuIX989UvOSj++v0BNCbpAAAAB3RJTUUHsQwfFzs7RBhzUQAAAhJJREFUOI1dU8GOqzAMNKIoV1bvwD1i0ysqrHplIdBrVSX7ATSbd03VVvn9tQNtQy0hjAdn7LED4AAcPtWm9RV+MPSfxhBLx9ajd6X/ngB6/mTwnRSZua7i7Ca+0ctZKo4Qmz+JY13X6I3nFZBxIYW1PbgfQ5RP8g0XlltEWGf3cV03joYpRnFbvYDKbXjZlXyyhEZA4lI+cN3NaVXE4VKjSwTExO10eTEkkJVqIAD5z0nUBQJluQDRSQjcrBiHAJxZlAH5CUMBMC7OcJ4LMQNnxhZ1HYPscMc6J4UlWRMNwzOpCcAHKSICd1EDn83abdREIbXsHkD1OinP1aCUCOEVRaa1lMcvywUWdYgk13JQUpYNKmvXQ8Kw5ML9YI5h8SakctBc7E/IYuLhYd/zZIk+1gM1vNweQBvHE0j+oYah3sMqAytQYlZk6+ANaaawJdu3OFzYGMZ3iGpa3qMlq9ZH0VZTgrCtw/ngdYkEIIpSbP1bWQAdFdX9vocBdkH2qVjVmuMu3gI5rjs814EUdrCZgWlPaxZZ3RiLFUtr+ud0PXwp2dnQSNXgePt6AZpBj6UMJ7VQkzN4utVeaSW1Dhn/kblGrKeMvNGnzwX4zuEDarYz1KdPtR60Gul0Gued+515SJXhCsl+Tx/3kY/UDvicPll9mfu50t3tvQ/thZpJYgeuwdSKNJ6tCD98MCgoxLDaPxbwqqwPWaWiAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/awNWaKIqxKCStkAncZkHA9Q"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: Re: recovering from a power outage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:52:47 -0000 --Sig_/awNWaKIqxKCStkAncZkHA9Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:16:13 +0100 Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:11:56 -0500, Robert Huff > wrote: >> One of my machines has a pair of 50gb SCSI disks; running two >> full passes takes about 7 minutes. >> I have no idea how long it might take to check a >> multi-terabyte RAID- set-up. > > It's not *that* hard to wait for an fsck. I have 2 x 500 GB here at > home, you're right, it takes several minutes for fsck to check both > disks, but in the end, you're happy that either everything turns out > to be okay or, if problems occured, you see these problems and can > decide how to handle them. > >> Still worth waiting ... in my opinion. > > I'd rather wait than lose data. >=20 > But as you said, it's very individual how you think about this. If > backups are done properly, sometimes it might even be easier *not* to > repair data, but to put back the backups on the newly initialized > disks... 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. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Your temporary financial embarrassment will be relieved in a surprising manner. --Sig_/awNWaKIqxKCStkAncZkHA9Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmVeywACgkQBvaKIJWWCO2kkgCfSgSRMKVuiOLWRRDDtfgx3zXu RT0An3nMHfVVbER65zQu+LR2+SKdNQJc =fLl2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/awNWaKIqxKCStkAncZkHA9Q--