From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200605112331.k4BNVgx02539@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid
In-Reply-To: <4463C7BB.2070000@commandprompt.com>
To: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 19:31:42 -0400 (EDT)
CC: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>, Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>,
	"Pgsql-Performance ((E-mail))" <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>,
	PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

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
  EnterpriseDB    http://www.enterprisedb.com

  + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +