From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King Subject: Re: RAID backup Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:11:16 +0100 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021004171116.C31015@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1033735943.31839.12.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20021004132419.GF710@gallifrey> <3D9DA67A.8050608@comedia.it> <3D9DB44E.4090609@WirelessNetworksInc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D9DB44E.4090609@WirelessNetworksInc.com>; from Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com on Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:31:26AM -0600 To: Herman Oosthuysen Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:31:26AM -0600, Herman Oosthuysen wrote: > Self demagnetization used to be a problem of magnetic media and some > components such as capacitors used to deteriorate with age, but I think > that those problems have been solved decades ago, so equipment in clean > and dry storage should last almost forever. You missed "stable temperature" as well. Some capacitors still "dry out" with age and heat, even with todays technology. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html