[Babase] Re: Fwd: Cron <root@papio> /usr/local/sbin/rsync_backup
--single-link backup-server1 /etc/rsync.d/rsync_backup_password
--exclude-here /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db / /boot
--exclude-here '/disk/scratch/*' --exclude-here '/disk/swap_areas/
Susan Alberts
alberts at duke.edu
Wed Nov 11 11:24:47 EST 2009
This discussion has caused me to reflect that when very bad storms
happen we can lose power for days. The max we've been out is 6 days,
that was in the winter of 2002 or 3, don't quite remember. It happens
in NC because of all the trees, which bring down power lines.
What will we do if that happens? Bring Dumbo to Duke until the power
comes back on? (Duke has its own generator).
Having said that, most outages are just a few hours, or up to a day.
Day-long outages are not that uncommon (about once a year).
Susan
On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> On 11/11/2009 10:02:16 AM, Ryan Hardy wrote:
>> If you want to be able to shut
>> down the system during an extended power outage, you'll need to go
>> with another model though, according to the comments.
>
> I saw that. It's probably not worth the effort to
> ensure a clean shutdown, particularly because there
> will inevitably be unclean shutdowns. Better to just
> plan to recover from those.
>
>
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
> -- Robert A. Heinlein
>
>
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