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  Re: missing disk space on server, need help (SOLVED with chkdsk)  
From: Alain
Date: 9 Nov 2007 22:01:08
Message: <47351ef4$1@news.povray.org>
Fa3ien nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/09 15:11:
> Orchid XP v7 a écrit :
>> Fa3ien wrote:
>>
>>> In short, a good'ol chkdsk /f solved the problem.
>>> I didn't knew that so much empty space could be
>>> erroneously marked as allocated...
>>
>> Woah! o_O
>>
>> That's one unhappy filesystem... heh. Glad it's all fixed now though. 
>> (Although you probably ought to find out *why* it did this in the 
>> first place...)
> 
> I'll check regularly to see if it happens again... Maybe it's related
> to the problems I had with Raid in may. I currently run the server
> without Raid1, because the bad experience showed me that no raid (with
> a daily backup, anyway) is less of a potential hassle than shitty SIS
> software Raid (which is more insecure because it doesn't inform you
> correctly of the real array state).
> 
> Fabien.
Faulty raid! Ugly. UGLY! *UGLY!!!!!*
Ready to bet that is was the reason of your vanishing space.

-- 
Alain
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An organizer for the "Million Agoraphobics March" expressed disappointment in 
the turnout for last weekend's event.


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