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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 20:08:18 +0000
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On 24 Apr 97 at 13:21, Mark Habersack wrote:

> > Things like file system checking and defragmentation are things better
> > done while the file system is either unmounted or mounted read-only.

> Exactly - in such a situation the system is in a known state and thus a 
> possibility to damage anything vital is almost eliminated. But the idea with 
> error detection by the file system code is excellent!

Last Wednesday, I visited Barclaycard's development center in Northampton.
Barclaycard is one of the biggest credit card companies in the UK, a division
of Barclays Bank. Anyway, they use a mix of NT and UNIX servers on 
Compaq hardware. The network manager told me that the server not only
defragments itself, it immediately recommends replacement of SIMMs or
hard disks that start to show intermittent errors. I am vindicated :-)


ABW
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Alaric B. Williams (alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk)

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