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From: "Cress, Andrew R" <andrew.r.cress@intel.com>
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Subject: RE: RAID backup
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 10:04:05 -0700 
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Not that IDE disks would be more reliable, just that you couldn't see the
disk errors until it was too late.  :-)  

However, given the IDE disk prices, you can afford to replace them more
often.  

Also, with SCSI drives, some people see sense errors, and correctable media
defects, and mistakenly assume it is a 'disk failure'.  

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Illtud Daniel [mailto:illtud.daniel@llgc.org.uk] 
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:25 AM

[snip]

Oh, and having spent much of last night and this morning dealing
with multiple SCSI disk failures, and having seen about 5% of
ours fail in a year, I'm rapidly seeing the light on IDE.

-- 
Illtud Daniel                                 illtud.daniel@llgc.org.uk
Uwch Ddadansoddwr Systemau                       Senior Systems Analyst
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru                  National Library of Wales
Yn siarad drosof fy hun, nid LlGC   -  Speaking personally, not for NLW
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