> 1st line of defense is to set your system to shutdown normally when
> the power button is pressed. 2nd line of defense is to get your self
> a decent UPS unit
I have both. She managed to switch off behind the UPS :-)
> Also at work at more than 20 tanker vessels running 7.4.2, the
> captains do that on a constant basis and PgSQL always has survived
> (more than the rest of the system anyways..)
Even with a XEN vm running PostgreSQL? Both on XFS with nobarrier mount
option? Try it, it's fun ;-)
mfg zmi
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