>>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 7:58 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > This isn't a generic random cheap PC board but a high end motherboard, > dual opteron processors with AMD approved fans, ECC memory, and two SCSI > controllers driving RAID5 arrays in hotswap chassis. The case is a proper > server case with extra temperature controlled fans. The whole thing is on > a large UPS. > > You get what you pay for (sometimes)
One of my favorite comments along this line is "You don't always get what you pay for, but you never get what you don't pay for." The PCs I've built over the years weren't as high-end as yours but, still very reliable. (I boot my systems more often than you seem to, usually because I'm putting in a new kernel to fix a security issue.) Having said that, while working with a lot of expensive high-end gear at work, I've seen all sorts of hardware failures. The fixes were anything from replacing hard drives (some of which were on RAID controllers that _should_ have prevented an outage but didn't) to CPUs, to entire backplanes or motherboards. Relatively rare, but far more often than I would like. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
