From 8394ae69326b94873c9021bda1fac227359927cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Buren Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:24:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add notice about defective hardware to check documentation (#5753) --- docs/usage/check.rst.inc | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/usage/check.rst.inc b/docs/usage/check.rst.inc index 9dce5c204..1cb27c862 100644 --- a/docs/usage/check.rst.inc +++ b/docs/usage/check.rst.inc @@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ The check command verifies the consistency of a repository and the corresponding check --repair is a potentially dangerous function and might lead to data loss (for kinds of corruption it is not capable of dealing with). BE VERY CAREFUL! +Pursuant to the previous warning it is also highly recommended to test the +reliability of the hardware running this software with stress testing software +such as memory testers. Unreliable hardware can also lead to data loss especially +when this command is run in repair mode. + First, the underlying repository data files are checked: - For all segments, the segment magic header is checked.