On Thu, May 20, 2010 14:12, Travis Tabbal wrote:
>> On May 19, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Don wrote:
>
>> The data risk is a few moments of data loss. However,
>> if the order of the
>> uberblock updates is not preserved (which is why the
>> caches are flushed)
>> then recovery from a reboot may require manual
>> intervention.  The amount
>> of manual intervention could be significant for
>> builds prior to b128.
>
>
> This risk is mostly mitigated by UPS backup and auto-shutdown when the UPS
> detects power loss, correct?

Unless you have a contractor working in the server room that bumps into
the UPS and causes a power glitch which causes a whole bunch of equipment
to cycle.

Happened at $WORK (in another office) just two weeks ago.

It all depends on your level of paranoia.

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