From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
Cc: Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>
Cc: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>
Cc: Pgsql-Performance ((E-mail)) <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 19:31:42 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200605112331.k4BNVgx02539@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4463C7BB.2070000@commandprompt.com>
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> >> Well western digital and Seagate both carry 5 year warranties. Seagate I
> >> believe does on almost all of there products. WD you have to pick the
> >> right drive.
> >
> > That's nice, but it seems similar to my Toshiba laptop drive experience
> > --- it breaks, we replace it. I would rather not have to replace it. :-)
>
> Laptop drives are known to have short lifespans do to heat. I have IDE
> drives that have been running for four years without any issues but I
> have good fans blowing over them.
>
> Frankly I think if you are running drivess (in a production environment)
> for more then 3 years your crazy anyway :)
Agreed --- the cost/benefit of keeping a drive >3 years just doesn't
make sense.
--
Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us
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