Received: from maia.hub.org (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 366D86369B2 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:31:18 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 91254-03-7 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:31:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com (host-215.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.215]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D50EF6352F0 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:28:31 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA3534803F; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:28:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spinlock.commandprompt.com.commandprompt.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id B1fkJ4VGtljg; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:28:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [75.142.159.62]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83792348037; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:28:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: linux standard layout From: "Joshua D. Drake" Reply-To: jd@commandprompt.com To: Scott Marlowe Cc: Jan-Ivar Mellingen , Tom Lane , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: References: <4B95E162.7060806@djs-consulting.com> <3769.1268115316@sss.pgh.pa.us> <4B96AD1B.7070601@alreg.no> <1268168772.31596.147.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:28:20 -0800 Message-ID: <1268170100.31596.173.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.224 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=AWL=0.375, BAYES_00=-2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201003/71 X-Sequence-Number: 33870 On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 14:25 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 13:35 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: > > > >> > In a nutshell, I am heartly recommending virtualization. > >> > >> In a nutshell, you are relying on luck that both heavy iron machines > >> can't lose power at the same time. Sure, it's a low possibility, but > >> it's still a real one. > >> > > > > Not luck. Percentage of risk. > > They're both ways of saying you're rolling the dice. And in every > situation we're rolling the dice, it's just a question of how many and Well my point was all about risk versus reward. For many, a 3% risk is more than appropriate. That isn't luck, it is a calculation of risk. > how unlikely a particular outcome it. It's why we all have off-site > backups, and so on. Yes. Joshua D. Drake > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering Respect is earned, not gained through arbitrary and repetitive use or Mr. or Sir.