[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/28/2008 09:00:23 AM: > > 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 >
Then you also missed the all important crescendo where eweek uses the last quarter of a poorly written article to shill completely unrelated but yet inference to tie to the story software. -Wade _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
