Re: [RFC/PATCH, 1/4] readX_check() performance evaluation

From: David Mosberger
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 14:49:19 EST


>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:39:15 +0100, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> said:

>> Yet they are a good indicator that something is wrong (not performing
>> properly) or may be failing soon. I don't think putting on blinders
>> for such problems is a good idea. Though I agree that the question of

Andi> Most server class hardware should log it somewhere and allow
Andi> to read the event log in the firmware. This even works for
Andi> unhandleable errors unlike what the OS could do.

And you'd want to reboot your server just so you can check on the soft
failure rate? ;-)

--david
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