Re: What logs etc do I need to checkfrequently?

2003-12-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
As you with good memories know, I lost 3000 pictures of my first sons first year this month. I did have a RAID-5 system with fresh disks, however, shit happens and I have a feeling that this could have been avoided if I read my log files better. As has been mentioned, if you have critical

Re: What logs etc do I need to checkfrequently?

2003-12-28 Thread Scott W
Chuck Swiger wrote: Joachim Dagerot wrote: As you with good memories know, I lost 3000 pictures of my first sons first year this month. I did have a RAID-5 system with fresh disks, however, shit happens and I have a feeling that this could have been avoided if I read my log files better. I'm

Re: What logs etc do I need to checkfrequently?

2003-12-28 Thread Chuck Swiger
Joachim Dagerot wrote: [ ... ] I realise you are right. The thing is that this is a home system and I have (had!) around 230 GB of data that was non-replicable. I am not aware of a deasent backup system that can handle that amount of data. There are three main alternatives: 1) hard drives -- get

What logs etc do I need to checkfrequently?

2003-12-27 Thread Joachim Dagerot
As you with good memories know, I lost 3000 pictures of my first sons first year this month. I did have a RAID-5 system with fresh disks, however, shit happens and I have a feeling that this could have been avoided if I read my log files better. So basically, a) I get a mail each time my a

Re: What logs etc do I need to checkfrequently?

2003-12-27 Thread MikeM
On 12/27/2003 at 7:40 PM Joachim Dagerot wrote: |As you with good memories know, I lost 3000 pictures of my first sons |first year this month. I did have a RAID-5 system with fresh disks, |however, shit happens and I have a feeling that this could have been |avoided if I read my log files better.

Re: What logs etc do I need to checkfrequently?

2003-12-27 Thread Chuck Swiger
Joachim Dagerot wrote: As you with good memories know, I lost 3000 pictures of my first sons first year this month. I did have a RAID-5 system with fresh disks, however, shit happens and I have a feeling that this could have been avoided if I read my log files better. I'm sorry that you lost data.