[TriLUG] Re: Dieing hard drive?

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Lance A. Brown wrote:

>I ran the PowerMax tester.  The short test failed, the long test found
>errors and I went ahead and let it repair them.  Supposedly the disk
>passes the tests now, but I'm still leery.
>
>I hate not being able to trust my system...
>
>--[Lance]
>  
>
<rant content=insightful>
One word.  Over and over.  Backups, backups, backups, backups.  Don't 
trust the system.  Trust your backup and restore process because you've 
tested it, and are confident it works.  Anything less is asking for 
Murphy to ruin your day.
</rant>

Aaron S. Joyner