On Sat, 2004-Dec-18 20:59:11 +0100, Bernd Walter wrote: >On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 08:17:39PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> My approach to this is to add a line similar to >> dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/null bs=32k >> for each disk into /etc/daily.local (or /etc/weekly.local or whatever). >> This ensures that the disks are readable on a regular basis. > >Regular reading of every file is part of what I call backup.
That only verifies the used part of the disk. Reading the unused parts of the disk as well helps reduce surprises. Also, in a mirrored environment, the backup does not ensure that the data can be read off both disks. (Or the parity area for RAID-5). -- Peter Jeremy _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
