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From: "Sandino Araico Sánchez" <sandino@×××××××.net>
To: Barry Schwartz <trashman@×××××××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] System knockout :-(
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:25:01
Message-Id: 4072FE03.3020208@sandino.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] System knockout :-( by Barry Schwartz
1 Barry Schwartz wrote:
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3 >On another occasion, a friend of mine bought two hard drives, same
4 >make and model, with the plan of using the second drive for backup.
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7 The possibility of concurrent fail decreases when you use hard drives of
8 different manufacturers or at least different batches.
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10 >Both failed at the same time. Two of the same model drive, probably
11 >made at the same place and time, and installed into the same
12 >computer -- if you think about it, it wasn't a good idea. Whatever
13 >would make one drive fail would likely cause the other to fail.
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20 Sandino Araico Sánchez
21 -- Melón se comió las plumas....
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