On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 11:00:59PM -0400, the unit calling itself Nick Holland wrote: > J Moore wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 07:47:48AM -0400, the unit calling itself Nick > > Holland wrote: > > > >>> Not quite sure what point you're trying to make here... are you > >>> advocating that one develop expertise in all areas to become totally > >>> self-sufficient? If so, I suppose you are all at once: thoracic > >>> surgeon, firefighter, psychiatrist, tax lawyer, microbiologist, etc, > >>> etc, etc. > > > >> No, I'm advocating that if you pick of a scalpel, that you understand > >> how to perform surgery on the species you are going to be cutting on. > >> If you pick up a fire hose, you understand what happens when the water > >> hits full pressure. Etc. Taxes? ok, got me there, no one > >> understands tax law. > > > > And I'm suggesting that trying to be an expert in everything is not a > > realistic goal... why pick up a scalpel at all (to "haul your butt out > > of the fire") if your neighbor has invested years in becoming a thoracic > > surgeon? If surgery is required, I would choose to let the experienced > > surgeon haul my butt out of the fire, and concentrate my energy in my > > field of interest. Sorry if I confused you on that point. > > >From your original post, you said you did not desire to become an expert > on RAID. You didn't talk about farming the maintenance of this system > to other people.
No - I can't afford to farm it out. Again, the *only* point I was trying to make is that expertise in a particular field is not a necessary condition to benefit from that field. > >> RAID systems in the hands of people who assume "magic will happen" cause > >> massive down-time problems. In the hands of people who know how to do > >> it, yes, good things really can happen. But I doubt there are any truly > >> mindless RAID options available. > > > > Now I'm confused... are you suggesting that the investment required to > > successfully use an ACS-7500 even approaches that required for the > > "do-it-yourself" RAID setup? > > Not at all. << snip >> Thanks - I appreciate your views on that. Jay
