From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthias Barremaecker Subject: Re: 13000Gig partition badblock check is the same -- do a reiserfsck again ? -> ran badblocks Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:10:36 +0200 Message-ID: <42A0026C.2090302@mh.be> References: <1117392967.29669.ezmlm@namesys.com> <429A1742.8030504@mh.be> <200505292137.j4TLbarw017197@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <429AAFDC.4050208@mh.be> <429C6BE8.4090906@teleformix.com> <429C7153.8000008@mh.be> <429C7E46.9090507@teleformix.com> <429F199A.5020900@mh.be> <429F17A2.2070102@teleformix.com> <200506022103.j52L3A9A012873@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <429F7AFA.40503@teleformix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <429F7AFA.40503@teleformix.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format="flowed" To: Dan Oglesby Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Hi, I've ran badblocks -v -b 4096 -o badblocks2 /dev/hyperspace/hyperspace1 It said : Checking blocks 0 to 322256896 Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done Pass completed, 312 bad blocks found. the file contains 36434712 36434756 36434757 36448896 36448916 38853584 38853616 38854632 38854635 38854636 That aren't 312 numbers... Or am I seeing it wrong ? thanx!! Dan Oglesby wrote: > Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: >=20 >> On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 09:28:50 CDT, Dan Oglesby said: >> >> >>> latest versions. Took two days to run, but it completed, and I ended=20 >>> up only losing 2 files out of over 1.1 million files on a 1TB RAID-5=20 >>> array. That's not too bad, considering how many times the machine=20 >>> went up and down due to bad power in the building. >> >> >> >> Buy a UPS. Now. Even if it's just a big battery that will only keep you >> running for 10 mins - at least that will give you enough time to do a=20 >> clean >> shutdown -h rather than get stuff trashed. >> >> If you can't get money for it, just point at the lost-productivity costs >> the *next* time the terabyte takes 2 days to recover.. and remind the=20 >> boss that >> you could be down for 2 days every time the lights flicker.. ;) >=20 >=20 > That's just it... Bad power in the building was due to the building's=20 > UPS (big sucker, attached to a Cummins diesel generator) failing. That's = > been fixed, so the power in the building is OK again. >=20 > Previous to the UPS going down, this building hadn't lost power in many=20 > years. We don't have to deal with this kind of problem very often. ;-) >=20 > I've been using the array, and it's going great. ReiserFS proves to be=20 > robust, as long as the hardware, power, and software on the system are=20 > in good working order. >=20 > --Dan >=20 >=20 --=20 Matthias Barremaecker, MH.BE - Arta nv 0495 30 31 72 http://mh.be/ SERVER HOUSING per 1HE =80 50 per maand 20Gig traffic, 100Mbit netwerk Center te Antwerpen.