From: "David Lethe" <david@santools.com>
To: Keith Roberts <keith@karsites.net>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: Re: Re: Two Drive Failure on RAID-5
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 19:24:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <122201c8bad9$0050f26a$3501a8c0@exchange.rackspace.com> (raw)
the disk manufacturers stopped making them last year, and stopped R&D on them way before that.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Keith Roberts" <keith@karsites.net>
Subj: RE: Re: Re: Two Drive Failure on RAID-5
Date: Tue May 20, 2008 5:20 pm
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To: "linux-raid@vger.kernel.org" <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
On Tue, 20 May 2008, David Lethe wrote:
> To: Cry <cry_regarder@yahoo.com>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
> From: David Lethe <david@santools.com>
> Subject: RE: Re: Re: Two Drive Failure on RAID-5
>
> Here is a good analogy that puts this in perspective. I haven't seen
> anybody equate the two yet, so get the name right if you quote this ;)
>
> Disk drives are like light bulbs. You can buy the server class (similar
> to CFLs), or desktop (incandescent). If you don't mind the dark,
> replace them as they fail, and buy spares as they go on sale.
> Conversely, if you have to maintain a vaulted ceiling chandelier, and
> are afraid of heights, then spending twice as much for never having to
> deal with *THAT* again will seem like a bargain.
>
> - David Lethe
So are there such things as server class EIDE drives? Or are
they all SCSI or SATA?
Keith
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next reply other threads:[~2008-05-21 0:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-21 0:24 David Lethe [this message]
2008-05-22 14:42 ` Two Drive Failure on RAID-5 Ric Wheeler
2008-05-22 16:16 ` David Lethe
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2008-05-19 22:49 Cry
2008-05-20 7:37 ` David Greaves
2008-05-20 15:32 ` Cry
2008-05-20 17:18 ` David Lethe
2008-05-20 19:01 ` Cry
2008-05-20 20:09 ` David Lethe
2008-05-20 23:11 ` Keith Roberts
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