>> - can have 6 (2+2) w/ 0 spares providing 6000 GB with MTTDL of >> 28911.68 years >> > > This should, of course, set off one's common-sense alert. > So true, I pointed the same thing out in this list a while back [sorry, can't find the link] where it was beyond my lifetime and folks responded that the "years" unit should not ne taken literally - there are way too many variables to cause wild mischief with these theoretical numbers
> If you don't want to risk losing data, you need multiple -- off-site -- > copies. > Har, har - like I'm going to do that for my personal family archive ;) > (Incidentally, I rarely see these discussions touch upon what sort of UPS is > being used. Power fluctuations are a great source of correlated disk > failures.) > Glad you brought that up - I currently have an APC 2200XL (http://www.apcc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SU2200XLNET) - its rated for 1600 watts, but my current case selections are saying they have a 1500W 3+1, should I be worried? Thanks! Kent _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
