On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:55:57 -0500 John LeMay <jlemay@njmc.com> wrote:
It may help to explain why you are trying to do this. So that when I'm away from my machine, and the cpu fan decides to give the ghost, the machine will power down by itself, and I won't have to replace anything.
In an emergency situation, halting the system is
- as you know - the best solution for data protection I'm not interested in data protection. The worst thing I could loose is the seti packet the machine was working on at the time. Anything important I always have a backup of on either stiffy or CD-RW.
I can understand how large corporations would rather pay a couple of grand to replace a server than loose the data thereon (which is probably more). But really, nothing on my hard disk is absolutely crucial. The worst is the time it took me to get my linux installation fine tuned, but that's not too bad either. I can't afford having to replace a CPU or CPU and board. I don't think it will blow up in smoke if the fan stops - I've got a fairly substantial heatsink for a 1800+ and fans setup so there's a good solid flow of air through the case. But I'd rather be safe than sorry. I don't mind pulling the plug if I'm in front of the machine and I see the temperature rize sharply (I'm really keeping an eye on that), but I need something that would take care of this for me when I'm AWAY. For what it's worth, as far as data protections goes: I'm using ReiserFS. Where I live, power isn't exactly too stable, so short power outages aren't uncommon. I've had them happen while I'm working on my computer, and I've never lost anything because of that. Thanks again Hans
and when the machine is connected to an adequate UPS power is not an issue. Fire or other natural disaster shouldn't be an issue here - if you are running to save your life I hope you aren't stopping in the computer room on the way out!
Your opinion that your hardware is more valuable than your data is quite different than any other opinion I've heard. I suppose it begs the question - why store the data anyplace if it isn't that valuable? Hardware can always be had relatively cheaply, recreating data isn't free unless your time has no value (to coin an old phrase).
-- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions
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