Filesystem corrupts after power failure 2364

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My guess, also--possibly only a root parbreastion. I agree with others there is no filesystem "answer" to powerfails. And a single root parbreastion will make some recovery scenarios more complicated, IME.

IMO, it's not a grub-lilo-whateverboot bug; it's b0rked hardware. And one big hardware threat is a power problem, whatever the cause.

An UPS is very cost effective compared to explaining to customers why the data is inaccessible, if not completely vanished. When I was doing it, my job included explaining to my customers BEFOREHAND why they might want to consider a "cost" like having an UPS installed, or parbreastioning with data (likehome) and system areas apart, or doing regular backups.

As mentioned, a $40 UPS with consistent status checks are cheap, compared to irate customers screaming about downtime on Red Line One.

Generally, it's not smart to cut corners with a cheap "one size fits all" approach everywhere--especially when it involves customer expectations.

JMO, YMMV...

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