Sean Sprague stated: < Richard, < < > MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: < > < >> You are definitely on the right track because rebooting unnecessarily without notification is a stinker! < > < > A panic is, practically by definition, *never* unnecessary. < > < > There is no good reason, ever, to leave the system up when you *know* < > something has gone drastically wrong. < < I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments, but having been a very long-time user of UNIX and Solaris, I still have the < nagging feeling in my mind that out there somewhere, there is an organization that has presented Sun with a big fat < waiver (and suitably fat check) saying "You _must_ not panic under any circumstance. We _require_ 100% uptime - no < compromise. If data gets corrupted in such a drastic event, then its up to our data quality group to sort out any < resulting mess".
They're called users and customers :) < < Of course, with OpenSolaris, this is eminently possible... < < Devil's Advocate me? Always... ;-) I hope you've read... http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/dev_solaris and http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/dev_solaris/qual_death_spiral "FCS quality all the time" These two docs are must reads for anyone developing in opensolaris < < Regards... Sean. Regards, another Sean. . < < < < _______________________________________________ < indiana-discuss mailing list < [email protected] < http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
