Brian Chase skrev:
>On 27 Apr 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote:
>> Bill Pechter skrev:
>> > If the critical application has a file open and it loses it when you
>> > pull the power in an unexpected manor you could lose data.
>>
>> While I don't agree with the programmer, I take care to turn off actual
>> programs. That should however be enough IMNSHO.
>Wow, so you'll go through all the bother of individual shutting down any
>servers on the system instead of just typing a `shutdown' command which
>would do that for you automatically using the init scripts?
Servers? Hell no, they're just serving things.
>Ohhh-kaaay... That seems like an awful lot of work on your part, going out
>of your way to PUNISH THE STUPID FILESYSTEMS FOR NOT BEING SMARTER!!!
Not particularly. Most programs can be turned off in a standardised fashion.
>I take it you've never worked in a critical production environment, have
>you? When your job is at stake (and therefore your financial well-being),
>you don't try to prove a point by not shutting down systems properly...
>Even when they are designed to handle such failures.
Of course I haven't. Computers are just toys to me.
>Now when you're evaluating systems for purchase. Hell yeah. Beat them to
>death.
Nah, I wouldn't care about that either. After all, they're just toys.
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Received on Sat Apr 28 2001 - 04:47:45 BST