Re: Anti-virus
From: MikeyD (m_donaghy50_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:29:48 +0000
>> Most Linux File Systems have an fsck utility that is run automagically
>> after x number of mounts - this does the work that Windoze Scandisk was
>> intended to do, only more reliably
>
> Hard disks do develop bad sectors over time, they just wear out, so my
> question now is:
>
> If I am running a server for months or even years at a time without a
> reboot or remount what makes sure the disk isn't corrupting the data it
> is saving?
>
> Do we just hope that our vital data isn't saved to a bad sector? Do we
> umount/mount our patitions to get to to the magical number? Do we cron a
> job to umount our partition, run fsck, then remount it?
>
99% of the wear and tear on hard disks happens during spinup/spindown. If
it's running continuously you're not likely to wear out the disk for a
while.
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