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Article #237Re: Photoshop and scrambled HDDs? [Was: PartitionMagic]
From: Miro
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:25
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:25
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"Andrew Mc" <andrew@nospamplease.com> wrote in message news:c1mb9601407@drn.newsguy.com... > In article <403ea76e$0$5870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, Miro says... > > > > > >"Andrew Mc" <andrew@nospamplease.com> wrote in message > >news:c1m0ue02b6@drn.newsguy.com... > >> In article <403e7c97$0$28870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, Miro says... > >> > > >> > > >> >Really, what happens if you blow two drives in a raid 5 setup ? Dont say > >it > >> >never happens, it did. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> You replace the drives in question and restore from last nights backup. > > > >You have a means of backing up 2 terrabytes ? The answer is to use a "cold" > >standby in a spare drive bay. A drive that isnt running, spins up and takes > >the place of the first dead one. The second failure, if it is more than 30 > >minutes after the first one, wont affect the raid stripe. > > > >RAID is supposed to be N-1 ( for every 5 drives you use, you only get the > >benefit of 4 drives storage in total.) but it is really N-2 or N-3 > > > >I agree with the earlier post .... the Raptor is a drive to keep an eye on. > > > > > > If you don't have the means of backing up 2 terabytes, then you shouldn't be > storing it. Unless of course your lovely system can withstand a fire or a flood, > or some other disaster. Or the data really isn't that important anyway. If it > is, then anyone not backing up such an amount of data is an idiot. The majority of cyberspace is resting on the 9999 - the quad nine. in other words 99.99% without failure. About once every 30 years. Why the hell do you think Compaq bought DEC. DEC has systems that were booted in 1981 and still run today having never been switched off or rebooted.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109d17,1a04ed6784cbc3eb X-Google-Attributes: gid109d17,public X-Google-Thread: 10a33e,e2f42d11bea3277e X-Google-Attributes: gid10a33e,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,1a04ed6784cbc3eb X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-27 04:25:47 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!zeus.visi.com!green.octanews.net!news-out.octanews.net!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.octanews.net!newspeer.monmouth.com!203.97.37.7!news.xtra.co.nz!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newsfeeder.syd.optusnet.com.au!news.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: " Miro" <miro01@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,aus.photo,aus.computers References: <Ftidnb81qKiNJ6XdRVn-tw@comcast.com> <IKd_b.79107$IF1.58871@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> <c1d21m$1haird$1@ID-192964.news.uni-berlin.de> <c1d2n8$1g7mmv$6@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de> <403a5966$0$28870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <IQt_b.322$zm1.10343@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au> <403a93fb$0$18303$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <403ac270$0$22506$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au> <403adf70$0$3128$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <403b5608$0$22523$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au> <403c41e0$0$18303$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <MPG.1aa67d16e4848ea498a257@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <629%b.76315$Wa.26774@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <MPG.1aa6f13389cd959798a25f@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <HUj%b.77267$Wa.9273@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <403DDBE5.67A77D68@ozemail.com.au> <MPG.1aa7bde53e86577498a268@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <403e7c97$0$28870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <c1m0ue02b6@drn.newsguy.com> <403ea76e$0$5870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <c1mb9601407@drn.newsguy.com> Subject: Re: Photoshop and scrambled HDDs? [Was: PartitionMagic] Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:25:36 +1100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Lines: 55 Message-ID: <403f3745$0$4256$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.30.212.220 X-Trace: 1077884741 4256 211.30.212.220