"Jeffrey B. Layton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Leif Nixon wrote: >> Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>> [...] commodity disks are plenty reliable >>> and are not a significant source of uptime problems. >>> >> >> That's not quite a general truth. 8^) >> > > Even though the data shows otherwise?
OK, let me rephrase: That's just true in general, and it's the specific cases that bite you. On *average* disks might not be a large source of problems, but when you run into a bad batch it hurts. But that's true for all components, of course. My take on this might be a bit coloured from spending some time the other day in the company of a representative sample of disks from a certain bad batch, a crowbar, a sledgehammer and several pounds of thermite. (Sorry, rgb, no sucker rod available around here.) -- Leif Nixon - Systems expert ------------------------------------------------------------ National Supercomputer Centre - Linkoping University ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
