[Gllug] My Internet experience in the West at times is comparable to female foeticide

[James Hawtin]

Nix wrote:
> I dunno, you never know when something might go wrong. Me, I had a hot
> spare. It turned out to be very useful. I learned the value of failover
> early!
>   
I can see the value in that, however think you are still running a risk 
there.

> (US Christian 'ensoulment at conception' people tend to go away when I
> ask them if this means I only have half a soul. The answer is obviously
> yes, as anyone who knew me would attest!)
>
>   
I am concerned about this "hot spare" idea, either it is fully up to 
date in which means
you are running, raid 1 mirrored souls (so have 2 but they are the same) 
or you will
need to detect the impending failure of your primary soul and will need 
time to down
load it to your spare otherwise you will risk oblivion. However this 
risk could be minimized
by proactive early soul replacement, swapping out as the risk of failure 
rises. If you don't mind having
a "gappy" soul, you could update it periodically, however if you are 
overwriting your backup soul,
and get a failure at that point you could end up with a corrupted soul 
with all that entails.

James
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