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How often does that happen? What's the worst-case scenario if it does? Some people don't get served their web pages and have to hit reload? I'm more concerned
by hugh3 16y ago
How often does that happen?
What's the worst-case scenario if it does? Some people don't get served their web pages and have to hit reload?
I'm more concerned about Blue Waters. Power outages might not happen very often at Urbana-Champaign, but each one will annoy hundreds of scientists.
- ars 16y ago> How often does that happen? During the stormy season lightning strikes happen every few days, although not all of them cause a blink that lasts long enough to reboot the computer.
- wwortiz 16y agoThe worst case scenario is the blink is able to do enough damage such as shutting off the computer and a hard drive being destroyed in the process, or even a power surge and the server being destroyed. (Though power surge equipment may be able to take care of the latter, a UPS would be helpful with the former).
- maukdaddy 16y agoIf the system writes state at regular intervals, the scientists would only "lose" the computing time since the last state write.