Re: Why database is corrupted after re-booting

snacktime wrote:
>
> I remember a few months back when someone hit the emergency power switch
> to the whole floor where we host at Internap. Subsequently the backup
> power system had a cascading failure. Livejournal, who also hosts
> there, was up all night and into the next day restoring their mysql
> databases after a bunch of them were corrupted. I believe they had
> write cache turned on.
>
> Of course our postgresql servers on scsi drives came right back up. If
> it wasn't for a couple of servers that won't reboot automatically if the
> power goes out I wouldn't have even had to go down to the data center.
>
> Chris

I remember reading a detailed account on Livejournal about the hoops they had to
jump through to get up and running again after that incident. Bit of a nightmare
for them.

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