On 28-Aug-08, at 10:54 AM, Toby Thain wrote: > > On 28-Aug-08, at 10:11 AM, Richard Elling wrote: > >> It is rare to see this sort of "CNN Moment" attributed to file >> corruption. >> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Corrupt-File-Brought- >> Down-FAAs-Antiquated-IT-System/?kc=EWKNLNAV08282008STR4 >> > > "two 20-year-old redundant mainframe configurations ... that > apparently are hanging on for dear life until reinforcements arrive > in the form of a new, state-of-the-art system this winter." > > And we all know that 'new, state-of-the-art systems' are silver > bullets and good value for money. > > What goes unremarked here is how the original system has coped > reliably for decades of (one guesses) geometrically growing load.
D'oh! It was remarked below the fold. I should have read page 2 before writing. The original architects seem to have done an excellent job, how many of us are designing systems expected to run for 2 decades? (Yes I know the cycles are shorter these days. If you bought a PDP-11 you were expected to keep it running forever with component level repairs.) --Toby _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
