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Date:      Thu, 25 Sep 1997 21:35:07 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers list)
Subject:   Re: Known problems with async ufs?
Message-ID:  <199709251935.VAA02336@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199709242320.QAA12833@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> from "Don Lewis" at Sep 24, 97 04:20:01 pm

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As Don Lewis wrote...

> On Sep 24, 10:31am, Brandon Gillespie wrote:
> } Subject: Re: Known problems with async ufs?
> 
> } I personally am running off a smart-ups, and have a daemon monitoring it
> } so it will shutdown properly, if need be.
> 
> I've got four machines fed by an UPS.  Within 48 hours of being switched
> to UPS power, someone working on an adjacent rack accidentally kicked loose
> the power cord on the output side of the UPS :-(

Which means that apart from a smart UPS you need to get smart
users/sysadmins/hardware guys ;-)

> You're also not protected against power supply failures and failures on
> the output side of the UPS (blow fuse, etc.).

Who needs fuses? Use 0.5" nails instead... (I really saw things like that)

Wilko
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