On 2014-05-26, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote: >> I have a machine with a HardDrive with a slice of 2.7TB, and I have no >> UPS.. when sometimes I have power failure, and consequently a wrong >> shutdown, The fsck spends much time to recover the filse system, what can I >> do? I need to be faster. > > Get a UPS. > > fsck is required to ensure the directory hierarchy is coherent. > >
For this situation, a UPS only needs to power the machine for a few minutes to shutdown safely, so it doesn't need to be particularly expensive. Quite possibly less than the cost of the drives big enough to hold your 2.7TB filesystem and a backup.
