Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:52:43 -0500 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovering from a power outage 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>
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--Sig_/awNWaKIqxKCStkAncZkHA9Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:16:13 +0100 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:11:56 -0500, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> > 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-<mumble> 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--
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