× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. MIDRANGE-L
  3. April 2002

RE: Data Corruption / 400

We did have a data problem (related to a disk failure) about 14-15
years ago.  The disk failed, and we were not running checksum
(predecessor to mirroring / RAID).

We had to do a complete reload from our backups.  AFTER we started
checksum on our drives.

Uh, the drives were not IBM drives.  The drive manufacturer did add
extra memory to our system and enough extra disks (for free) so we
could start checksum and not suffer any performance hits.

Since then, we've never lived without checksum, mirroring, or RAID.

And a good UPS.

And good backups.

All of which are features that are mandatory in a commercial environment.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Replies:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2025 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.