recovering from a power outage

[David Newman]

On 2/13/09 7:22 AM, Robert Huff wrote:
> 
>>    IMHO, if you are running a system where 'power outages' cannot
>>    be tolerated, why not install a UPS, they are really quite
>>    cheap, and be done with it? I cannot imagine any high end,
>>    mission critical system not employing one.
> 
> 	Power outages are not the only thing which can cause (directly
> or indirectly) file system corruption.

Hi, I'm the OP :-)

To that point, the system in question is attached to a 5000VA UPS. I did
something stupid with the UPS control software that caused an, er,
unscheduled shutdown. No UPS can help Mr. Fat Finger!

Thanks for all your replies.

dn