From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
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 16:24:43 -0700
Message-ID: <4463C7BB.2070000@commandprompt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200605112320.k4BNKR221040@candle.pha.pa.us>
References: <200605112320.k4BNKR221040@candle.pha.pa.us>
>> 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 :)
>
> Let me mention the only drive that has ever failed without warning was a
> SCSI Deskstar (deathstar) drive, which was a hybrid because it was a
> SCSI drive, but made for consumer use.
>
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