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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 97 23:58 NZST
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To: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
From: Lorier <lorier AT ihug DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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At 08:08 PM 24/04/97 +0000, Alaric B. Williams wrote:
>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
>> 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 :-)
>

That's a part of the RAID specification isn't it?  (Hmm, RAID, add that to
the wish list :)