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

[Sean McGrath - Sun Microsystems Ireland]

Sean Sprague stated:
< 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".

  They're called users and customers :)

< 
< Of course, with OpenSolaris, this is eminently possible...
< 
< Devil's Advocate me? Always... ;-)

  I hope you've read...

http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/dev_solaris
  and
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/dev_solaris/qual_death_spiral

  "FCS quality all the time"

  These two docs are must reads for anyone developing in opensolaris

< 
< Regards... Sean.

Regards, another Sean.
.

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