Al Silverberg wrote:
> Hi Urb,
> > Yesterday Minerva had a problem on one of their Unix servers. You could
> > not write to disk. On the surface this doesn't seem like anything more
> > than an inconvenience. However, I really got burned.
> >
> I think you forgot to mention the major problem that occurs
> when a write
> fails.... Empty Files.......wiped out...and usually these are
> your crucial files
> since they are the ones you update your data to, so all the
> stats, counters, email lists,
> and whatever else you keep get wiped out on a write...
> One reason it's very important to have an ISP that does daily backups.
When Alex was around at Minerva, they were running daily backups. I know
it's been hard to get a hold of them, but maybe there is a backup for you.
Jack
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