On 01/03/2012 10:55 PM, Jon Elson wrote: >> >> > Now, on Windows, I have no confidence whatsoever that "bad drives" are > actually bad > at the hardware level. I have had so many people say "oh, that power > surge blew out > my hard drive", when really what happened was the file system got > trashed by a power > failure at a critical moment. Linux seems to be much more resistant to > such problems. > > Jon > Jon,
Linux/Unix used to have the same problems. Until they invented journaling. That, in my book, has save a ton of disks for me here at work with cleaning folks accidentally pulling power cords, unexpected power outages over the weekend that fully drain the UPS's, etc. The *nix file systems used to be pretty fragile till journaling came along. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
