Re: Is Diskeeper Automatic Mode safe?

Scott Marlowe wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:dcc563d10911161250o766faabfyd51dcb6b88ed996@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><prewrap="">On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Robert Schnabel <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:schnabelr@missouri.edu"><schnabelr@missouri.edu></a>wrote: </pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre
wrap="">Ok,so you have sufficiently sparked my curiosity as to whether Diskeeper
 
will in any way cause Postgres to fail the power chord test.  Unfortunately
I have some deadlines to meet so won't be able to test this out until later   </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">
Best time is during acceptance testing before deployment.    Failing
that testing it in production on the backup server so you can burn it
to the ground and rebuild it on a saturday.

Note that surviving the power plug being pulled doesn't PROVE your
system will always do that.  You can try to simulate the real mix of
load and even replay queries when pulling the plug, only to find the
one corner case you didnt' test in production when power is lost.  The
power cord plug can prove a system bad, but you're still somewhat
"hoping" it's really good, with a high probability of being right.

Which is why backup is so important. </pre></blockquote> Granted, but the point of me testing this is to say whether or
notthe Diskeeper service could introduce a problem.  If the system recovers without Diskeeper running but does not
recoverwhile Diskeeper is actively running then we have a problem.  If they both recover then I've answered the
question"Have you unplugged the power cord a few times in the middle of heavy write activity?"  I understand that we
can'tprove that it works but I should be able to at least answer the question asked.<br /><br /> I wouldn't consider my
databasea production one.  I basically use it to store a large amount of genetic data for my lab.  The only time the
databasegets use is when I use it.  Short of frying a piece of hardware by pulling the plug I'm not worried about
losingany data and rebuilding is actually quite a simple process that only takes about 2 hours... been there done that
whenI pulled the wrong SAS connector.<br /><br /> Bob<br /><br />