On 01/03/2012 11:48 PM, gene heskett wrote: > Can some of that perceived resistance be credited to us linux folks > generally being more likely to have a decent UPS that shields our boxes > from a lot of that stuff? > > Add that as a whole I think we pay more attention to surge arrestors and > ground bonding than the typical winderz user too. I sure have in here, and > I know well that there have been occasions when this whole rooms > electronics has bounced 50 kilovolts or more due to a nearby strike. But > it all bounces in unison as its all plugged into a single duplex, so there > is little if any real voltage between the various pieces in here. I did > get a bit of hair re-arranged one night, but my hands were 3 or 4" away > from the keyboard so it didn't do anything but jiggle my hair, and the > computer just kept on computing. I had some light bulbs to replace in the > rest of the house though. > > But the huge majority of it can be credited to ext3 with journalling > enabled I think, and I don't believe that any windows file system has ever > grown that ability. At least in the rare instances when I have had to > rescue the windows machines in the neighborhood, I have seen zero evidence > that it has such. > > Cheers, Gene > Gene,
Hadn't seen this post when I posted my previous one, but I think for the reasons you outlined above, especially the journaling, you're spot on. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
