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what purpose &nbsp;is the check scan option in tune2fs <br />
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doing some math on our systems, we have a reboot patch about every other month which counts as a &quot;mount&quot;. &nbsp;the file system is checked every 38 mounts. <br />
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if my logic is correct, the file system will be checked at the 3 year mark an then again at the 6 year mark. At the 6 year mark we hope to have the system replaced. <br />
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If a system is 5 years old it likely has had 1 filesystem check and is due for one in a year ( which the system will likely not ever see )<br />
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We also have devices that get rebooted less than twice a year so they would be checked every 20 years <br />
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It appears that in a production environment it would run 1 time in the lifetime of the server.
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what purpose  is the check scan option in tune2fs 

doing some math on our systems, we have a reboot patch about every other month which counts as a "mount".  the file system is checked every 38 mounts. 

if my logic is correct, the file system will be checked at the 3 year mark an then again at the 6 year mark. At the 6 year mark we hope to have the system replaced. 

If a system is 5 years old it likely has had 1 filesystem check and is due for one in a year ( which the system will likely not ever see )

We also have devices that get rebooted less than twice a year so they would be checked every 20 years 

It appears that in a production environment it would run 1 time in the lifetime of the server.

what purpose  is the check scan option in tune2fs

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