-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/18/08 16:03, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> On 03/18/08 15:41, Damon L. Chesser wrote: >> [snip] >> >>> changes in HD tech). 6. I have seen dozens of catastrophic hardware >>> controller failures with complete data lost and not one mdadm failure. >>> >> >> That just means you're using sucky hardware. We've been using h/w >> controllers for 15 years, and never had a problem. >> >> Of course, they are proprietary, and from a Tier 1 vendor, cost a >> lot of money, and maintenance fees are high. >> >> But we've never lost data from a controller failure. (And damned >> little loss from any other reason, either, since there's a 24x7 >> admin staff that pays attention to drive failure lights, and >> replaces them immediately.) >> > And that detailed care makes all the difference in the world! Now limp > along with a drive failure, add a controller that needs updating and > perform the update. Suddenly you find the meta data is "unstable" and > you can not recover from it. I have NOT seen data loss from a > professional, on the ball data center.
Well heck, no one who cares about his data would do that... You replace the drive, let it rebuild, and *then* do the update. Or... don't buy sucky h/w in the first place. If you *really* care about your data, you spend the extra bucks for quality h/w that has a competent support staff behind it. And you pay for an adequate backup solution! Otherwise, "you" are blaming on the h/w the sins of the humans who bought the crummy h/w. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Working with women is a pain in the a**." My wife -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH4DUfS9HxQb37XmcRAknpAKDOC6KyUN6ZNVNUsIQ6Ps9sZ7iElQCgj1+J nKQYBbk3pgXksxqtK+korIQ= =7KaJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
