On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Mike Lovell <[email protected]> wrote: > recently, the topic has come up of do > we need to do more burn in testing on the disks.
I'm getting flashbacks to the "military efficiency" I saw at Ft. Eustis. Have disks that you've tested been failing prematurely at an unacceptable rate? Or does some middle manager just want another bullet point on his resume about improving hardware testing, so he's trying to waste company resources to make himself look better? Of course no middle manager would ever do that, and I'm attributing to malice what can adequately be explained by some combination of too little education and too much spare time. But if it is someone looking for resume bullet points, you could discourage stupidity and give the PHB what he wants at the same time. It sounds like you've got some homework to do here. Once you find out what the facts are (whether you need more or less testing), make a recommendation to your PHB and let him feel like whatever you decide was his idea all along. Everyone wins. -Dan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
