On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:51:28 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: > But nonetheless, there's still the risk that the KILL has > destroyed the application database (sort of - more correctly: > that the application and its database was in a "non consistent" > state when it received the signal).
Yes, but in that case the application has already failed, otherwise it would have shut down on TERM. Emergency shutdowns aren't about eliminating any problems in the case of a serious system hang, they are about minimising such damage. -- Neil Bothwick One of the nice things about standards is that there are so many of them.
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