Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Am 17.06.2013 02:25, schrieb lee: >> Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> On 06/15/2013 08:40 PM, lee wrote: >>>> When the hardware has gone so bad that I can't start mcelog anymore, I >>>> very likely can't retrieve information from the logfiles, either, >>>> without fixing the problem first. >>> >>> As long as it's not the drive itself that went bad you can always >>> connect it to another, working computer. >> >> Where would I find a working computer which I could use and which has >> the same or at least a compatible hardware RAID controller to connect >> the drives to? > > well, most people on Linux are using mdraid to avoid the useless > question about "compatible hardware RAID controller" because it > is pretty useless to have a RAID with a single-point-of-failure > in form the controller How do these people answer questions like how to connect 10+ SATA and/or SAS devices to their computers at the same time, how not to create a bottleneck with software raid and how to eliminate every possible single point of failure? Are you assuming that most ppl using Linux have fallback systems with independent internet connections and emergency power generators standing by that automatically take over seamlessly when something with their used system or around it fails? -- "Object-oriented programming languages aren't completely convinced that you should be allowed to do anything with functions." http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/01.html -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org