Re[2]: Some very basic questions

[sftf <sftf-misc@mail.ru>]

>> In my opinon, the whole thing comes up from the idea of using cheap hardware
>> and out-of-the-box configurations to keep promises of reliability and 
>> availability which are not realistic. There is a reason why there are more 
>> expensive HDDs, RAIDs, SANs with volume mirroring, multipathing and so on. 
>> Simply ignoring the fact that you have to use the proper tools to address 
>> specific problems and pray to the toothfairy to put a 
>> solve-all-my-problems-fs under your pillow is no solution. I'd rather have a 
>> solid fs with deterministic behavior and some state-of-the-art features.

SvK> Well, sorry to say, but I begin to sound a bit like Joseph Stiglitz
SvK> trying to explain why neoliberalism does not work out.
SvK> Please accept that this world is full of failure of all kinds. If you deny
SvK> that all your models and ideas will only be failures, too.
SvK> All I am saying is that we should accept that dead sectors, braindead
SvK> firmware-programmers, production in jungle-environment, transportation in
SvK> rough areas, high temperatures, high humidity, harddisks that have no disks
SvK> and so on are facts of live. And only a childs answer can be : "oops"
SvK> (sorry could not resist this one ;-)
 
+1000
Systems should survive and function or it's dead - like in nature.