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Date:      Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:21:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org>
To:        Shawn Workman <shawn@bsdguy.com>
Cc:        Mixtim <mixtim@home.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"......
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107240920080.93256-100000@snafu.adept.org>
In-Reply-To: <00bb01c1145c$351219d0$b500000a@fernan>

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Shawn Workman wrote:

> > Its only unsafe if you lose power. I think that anyone running a
> > "server" without a UPS deserves to lose data.

First, there's an infinite number of variables that can lead to power
loss.  Think about it.

> Especially the ones without recent backups...

Second, should I be forced to use backups in a situation where I wouldn't
have had to otherwise?  I'm thinking in terms of uptime here.  Time
restoring from tape is not 'up' time.

Later,
-Mike

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