Received: from localhost (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2C759FB595 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:43:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17119-04 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:43:37 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from www.3times25.net (duck.3times25.net [66.23.211.34]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A275E9FB572 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:43:40 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.3times25.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93C095403D for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:43:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46164078.1080409@3times25.net> Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:43:36 -0400 From: Geoffrey User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: SCSI vs SATA References: <19221.1175751146@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1175786370.9839.31.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <28551.1175839215@sss.pgh.pa.us> <411.1175841511@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <411.1175841511@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200704/159 X-Sequence-Number: 24036 Tom Lane wrote: > Greg Smith writes: >> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Tom Lane wrote: >>> It seems hard to believe that the vendors themselves wouldn't burn in >>> the drives for half a day, if that's all it takes to eliminate a large >>> fraction of infant mortality. > >> I've read that much of the damage that causes hard drive infant mortality >> is related to shipping. > > Doh, of course. Maybe I'd better go to bed now... > > regards, tom lane You actually sleep? -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin