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How often do you run Diskwarrior?
I run Diskwarrior, on both the iMac internal & Thunderbolt external media RAID, once a week to keep things running fast & smooth. Is this too much? I’d appreciate opinions.
Chris Stevens – Waterline Media. Marine Production Company.
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Only of there’s a dire problem, like a disk won’t boot, so it’s very very rare.
I never use it on a raid, as it has done more harm than good.
Don’t take this as a slight to Diskwarrior, it works well, but I use it for disaster recovery or when things really aren’t running correctly. I don’t use it for maintenance, but I know many people do.
Alsoft says once a month is fine.
Jeremy
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Like Jeremy, I use it when something’s not right. I mean to use it once a month for prevention, but I usually forget. When needed, it’s indispensable.
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz, 16 GB RAM, OS 10.7.4, QT10.1, Kona 3, Dual Cinema 23, ATI Radeon HD 5870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.3, Motion 4.0.3, Comp 3.5.3, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.3)
FCP-X 10.0.7, Motion 5.0.6, Compressor 4.0.6Pro Tools HD 10 w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec DSP Monitors, Prima CDQ120 ISDN
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[John Fishback] ” I mean to use it once a month for prevention, but I usually forget. When needed, it’s indispensable.”
I’m with John here. I try to use it every month on all my drives on all my computers, but it’s probably more like every 2 months. I’ve had major problems in the past that DiskWarrior “magically” fixed, so I’m big fan.
Dave
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Like John, like Jeremy, I use it when needed. intending to run as maintenance but usually forget. I do have a pretty low tolerance when it comes to deciding if its needed.
After a few times needed I’m approaching clean install territory. I usually time it out so the clean install coincides with an OS or FCP update (after the update is “approved” of course).
I didn’t know it shouldn’t be run on RAIDs, I’d like to learn more about that.
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