[indiana-discuss] being more friendly in the face of panics

[Sean Sprague]

Richard,

> MC <rac at eastlink.ca> writes:
> 
>> You are definitely on the right track because rebooting unnecessarily without notification is a stinker!
> 
> A panic is, practically by definition, *never* unnecessary.
> 
> There is no good reason, ever, to leave the system up when you *know*
> something has gone drastically wrong.

I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments, but having been a very long-time user of UNIX and Solaris, I still have the 
nagging feeling in my mind that out there somewhere, there is an organization that has presented Sun with a big fat 
waiver (and suitably fat check) saying "You _must_ not panic under any circumstance. We _require_ 100% uptime - no 
compromise. If data gets corrupted in such a drastic event, then its up to our data quality group to sort out any 
resulting mess".

Of course, with OpenSolaris, this is eminently possible...

Devil's Advocate me? Always... ;-)

Regards... Sean.