From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 10 7:54:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.knology.net (user-24-214-63-13.knology.net [24.214.63.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D315D37B407 for ; Fri, 10 May 2002 07:54:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 20610 invoked by uid 8002); 10 May 2002 14:54:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO grumpy.dyndns.org) (24.214.210.89) by smtp3.knology.net with SMTP; 10 May 2002 14:54:32 -0000 Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g4AEsWbK005950; Fri, 10 May 2002 09:54:32 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: (from dkelly@localhost) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4AEsW9K005949; Fri, 10 May 2002 09:54:32 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 09:54:32 -0500 From: David Kelly To: Taylor Dondich Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My horror story Message-ID: <20020510095432.C5884@grumpy.dyndns.org> References: <000701c1f804$47d5dc00$6401a8c0@penguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <000701c1f804$47d5dc00$6401a8c0@penguin>; from thexder@lvcm.com on Fri, May 10, 2002 at 02:23:00AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 02:23:00AM -0700, Taylor Dondich wrote: > > The hard-drive took a serious hit. And the system was extremely old. It > held it's head high as it served internal DNS requests and pumped its arms > in fury as my web requests hit it as hard as it could. "Write caching" on the HD hardware contributes to that problem. > Also, I'm now looking into a Universal Power Supply solution. Is *Uninteruptable* Power Supply. > Something from APS, I feel. However, I don't know if the PowerChute > software they supply will work with FreeBSD. Anyone have any ideas or > comments? A UPS without being connected via "Power Chute" or similar is a 90% solution which would have saved your posterior in the situation you describe. There are utilities in ports for monitoring UPS health. I've never used one altho I have UPS's on most of my FreeBSD systems. And Macintosh. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message