How often do you run Diskwarrior?

[Jeremy Garchow]

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

[John Fishback]

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 4.0.6

Pro 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

[Dave Gage]

[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

[David Eaks]

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.