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Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:01:47 +1000
From: "Bruce Ellis" <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] More venti sync woes.
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absurd .. a UPS is your friend.  there is something else wrong.

brucee

On 9/28/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> > it matters greatly.
> > in some cases, if there's a lot to do, don't even bother until dma is on.
> > otherwise, it takes simply ages.
>
> regardless of the need to get things onto disk due to memory pressure,
> the data's not safe from a momentary power problem until it hits
> the disk.
>
> my experience has been that even with upses, power is less reliable than
> disks.
>
> - erik
>
>