18 Oct
2004
18 Oct
'04
22:10
******* Then, a word: no matter how many times you check for bad blocks can help you prevent a hard disk crash. SMART may help sometimes, and then, it might not. If you are worried, design a proper backup procedure, use RAID arrays. ******
The new file system in Solaris 10 actually checksums each file then compares the checksums on each mirrored disk making any repairs as you go. http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/10/ds/zfs.jsp I downloaded and installed the preview and overall I like SuSE 9.1 better, but that ZFS is really interesting stuff. I wonder if there are any open source file systems like that? Jeff