On Sun, 2009-11-22 at 22:46 +0000, Leslie Newell wrote: > The main reason for me is reliability. Generally hard drives are the > least reliable part of a computer. I am fed up with swapping out failed > hard drives. > > Les
I am not trying to disagree, but my experience has not indicated that hard drives are unreliable. I haven't had a hard drive fail on me for over ten years. Usually the whole PC gets replaced before a drive goes out, and I usually get second hand PC's as a replacement. My file server drive is at least eight years old. So from my experience, generally, hard drives are pretty darn reliable. Right from the get go, with flash, there is all this talk about memory cell life, and how best to get by with having data storage without actually using it. I get the feeling that you never know when they will fail and I just don't need the extra stress in my what's left of my life. It seems like getting a gallon of ice cream and leaving it in the freezer, so you will always have some. In my house, everyone thinks it's there to be eaten, so you can't be shy. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
