Re: Anti-virus

From: nick (n_at_csdfdasdsfsdsdfsd.com)
Date: 01/29/04

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:07:13 GMT

    On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:51:29 +1000, Harry Phillips wrote:

    > Robert Hull wrote:
    >> In message <r64ne1-off.ln1@news.myaccess.com.au>, Harry Phillips
    >> <harry@hkjsfh.com> wrote
    >>
    >>> Is that why you don't need to run the equiv of "Scandisk"?
    >>
    >>
    >> 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?

    Why would you even think about running a server on only one hard drive??
    It's like attempting to stay aloft in a jet plane with no renundant
    systems, you will crash and burn in short order.

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