Don't you mean "it sounds good in practice"? This entire post is about practical experience.
I don't think this is like setting your watch forward 5 mins. I think it's more like RAID. When you get a warning that one of your drives has died, you know you have to get in and replace it.
Depending on how critical the machine is, the cost of getting to the data centre etc. you might leave now, in the middle of the night and drive like a bat out of hell, or you might leave it til next week when you'll be in there anyway.
Either way you know your risk just went up a hell of a lot. Depending on how risk averse you are, you will act accordingly.
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it sounds good in theory
Don't you mean "it sounds good in practice"? This entire post is about practical experience.
I don't think this is like setting your watch forward 5 mins. I think it's more like RAID. When you get a warning that one of your drives has died, you know you have to get in and replace it.
Depending on how critical the machine is, the cost of getting to the data centre etc. you might leave now, in the middle of the night and drive like a bat out of hell, or you might leave it til next week when you'll be in there anyway.
Either way you know your risk just went up a hell of a lot. Depending on how risk averse you are, you will act accordingly.