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Am 25.06.2014 19:06, schrieb Rich Freeman: |
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> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> so without looking that drive up - you are using a desktop part for |
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>> non-stop setup? |
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> Honestly, I think it makes far more sense to build a fault-tolerant |
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> setup than to try to avoid faults by spending more on the parts. I've |
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> only run desktop hard drives on my 24x7 RAID. If they die I replace |
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> them under warranty |
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so you are ripping of other customers? |
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> - I've yet to have one die outside of warranty, |
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> and I'm usually upgrading for size by that timeframe anyway, and I can |
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> use the old drives for storage. |
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> By all means get better-grade components, but I wouldn't use that as |
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> an excuse for not having backups of some kind. |
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there is no excuse for not having backups. |
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> ALL hard drives WILL |
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> fail, it is just a matter of when. |
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indeed. |
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> ANY hard drive can fail the day |
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> after you buy it, a month after you buy it, and so on, though |
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> obviously the probability of a particular drive failing at any point |
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> in time may vary by what you pay for it. |
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or if it was meant to be used the way you use it. |
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