snacktime wrote: > > I remember a few months back when someone hit the emergency power switch > to the whole floor where we host at Internap. Subsequently the backup > power system had a cascading failure. Livejournal, who also hosts > there, was up all night and into the next day restoring their mysql > databases after a bunch of them were corrupted. I believe they had > write cache turned on. > > Of course our postgresql servers on scsi drives came right back up. If > it wasn't for a couple of servers that won't reboot automatically if the > power goes out I wouldn't have even had to go down to the data center. > > Chris
I remember reading a detailed account on Livejournal about the hoops they had to jump through to get up and running again after that incident. Bit of a nightmare for them. -- _______________________________ This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. _______________________________ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
