X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC8C9F9430 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 12:14:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 95372-01 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 12:14:04 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0D089F9C18 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 12:14:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: (qmail 26170 invoked from network); 12 May 2006 15:14:01 -0000 Received: from c-71-229-198-81.hsd1.co.comcast.net (HELO [192.168.0.28]) (sribe@[71.229.198.81]) (envelope-sender ) by mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 12 May 2006 15:14:01 -0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.3.060209 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 09:13:59 -0600 Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid From: Scott Ribe To: "Jim C. Nasby" , Bruce Momjian , PostgreSQL General Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [GENERAL] [PERFORM] Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid Thread-Index: AcZ11rGd8ABQs+HJEdq9WgAUUQPXGA== In-Reply-To: <20060511234124.GC4268@pervasive.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/573 X-Sequence-Number: 95365 > My damn powerbook drive recently failed with very little warning It seems to me that S.M.A.R.T. reporting is a crock of shit. I've had ATA drives report everything OK while clearly in the final throes of death, just minutes before total failure. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@killerbytes.com http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice