Power outage now my server asks for fck, what to do?

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:37:01 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi!
> 
> On 04/01/2021 17:29, Robert Heller wrote:
> > e[234]fs seems to be a generally fairly robust file system.
> > The OP should consider getting a UPS (at least) and possibly think about 
> > implement a software RAID mirror set.  With a good UPS and the proper UPS 
> > deamon software, the system should be able to manage a clean shutdown in the 
> > event of a power failure.
> 
> Well RAID won't help with a power failure. It only protects against
> physical drive failures. :)

Sudden power failures can sometimes cause drive failures.

> 
> But any journaling filesystem indeed would/should have handled power
> failures reasonably well by itself...

Right.

> 
> Gilles
> 
> 

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