On Wednesday 27 April 2005 15:17, Doug McNaught wrote: > "Uwe C. Schroeder" <uwe@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Is this just me or did anyone actually think about adding a UPS to > > the machine and monitor it with NUT ? That way the machine would > > shut down properly, making the whole stale pid-file issue > > irrelevant. > > UPSs fail. People kick out power cords. It's good to be able to deal > with it. > > -Doug You're right about that. Question is how often does this happen to rectify some automated procedure. In case of a hard shutdown there are a whole bunch of things that could potentially go wrong on startup (like fsck failing etc.). So checking up on the machine might be a good idea anyways. I for my part locked the server room - works every time when the cleaning crew comes into the office looking for an outlet to plug the vacuum in. All they take out now is the faxmachine :-) UC -- Open Source Solutions 4U, LLC 2570 Fleetwood Drive Phone: +1 650 872 2425 San Bruno, CA 94066 Cell: +1 650 302 2405 United States Fax: +1 650 872 2417 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
