> I'm seeing power supply, motherboard, and memory failures at about the > same rate as I'm seeing drive failures.
I would suggest, then, that you stop buying your hardware from Toys R Us. At least upgrade to FAO Schwartz. > Again, you are working with out of date ideas. Hardware costs are way > down and performance is way up. Dedicated applicances can often lower > costs further, decrease maintenance, and increase reliability. For > example, I'm running one server here using s $69 linux-based appliance > and 2 $100 drives and it is positively a joy. Too funny. Now you know why the big boys won't let you play with them. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
