How often should I fsck my ext3 partition?

[Johannes Wiedersich]

The debian default of my sarge installations is that the ext3-FS are 
fsck'ed about every 30 mounts or 180 days (whatever comes first).

I assume that debian's installation defaults are reasonable. However one 
of the computers is a server with thousands of files changed in /home 
each day; the other one is my laptop with far less files changed per 
day. I have dayly backups of all important data.

The laptop is booted often and consequently fschecked almost once per 
week (which I consider more than a bit anoying). The server is almost 
never checked (it's rebooted about once or twice per year).

Is it reasonable to fsck the ext3-partitions of the laptop so often? 
What is a reasonable schedule for a server or a workstation?

Thanks for any hints!

NB: the ext3-usage-Howto states: 'it is your responsibility to 
periodically schedule downtime for the manual checking of disks.'


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