<humor> I disagree, if the software doesn't come in on punched cards or ticker tape, then what's the point? </humor>
I have to agree with you James, especially in a produciton environment, if you want to have that five 9s uptime (99.999%) then you have to splash the money around. Then hope that one of the PFYs doesn't kick out the power cable. Around about 1236h 21/04/2004, James Gray emitted the following wisdom: > I usually stick with SCSI or basic PATA for hard drives for that reason. > After being burned with promise of a Promise controller (back when > they were new and hip and fast) I've since stuck with what I know is > good; SCSI for power users, Standard PATA for anyone else (and a select > few "mature" Ultra100/133 PATA chipsets too). > > SATA is probably OK (it will no doubt mature) but I know for *sure* that > SCSI (U160/U320) is going to be better AND that Linux will drive it 100% > *today*. SCSI kit costs a bit more (ok, a lot more), but for me time is > money (yadda, yadda...) and the extra outlay pays for itself very soon > after the credit card stops smouldering :P -- The real cause of your computer problem according to the BOFH: somebody was calculating pi on the server -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
