On Mon 27 December 2010 08:37:25 you wrote: > Too many (especially younger) IT people _only_ consider up front > acquisition cost of systems and not long term support of such systems. > Total system cost _must_ include a reliable DRS (Disaster Recover > System). If you can't afford the DRS to go with a new system, then you > can't afford that system, and must downsize it or reduce its costs in > some way to allow inclusion of DRS. > > There is no free lunch. Eli nearly lost his job over poor acquisition > and architecture choices. In that thread he makes the same excuses you > do regarding his total storage size needs and his "budget for backup". > There is no such thing as "budget for backup". DRS _must_ be included > in all acquisition costs. If not, someone will pay dear consequences at > some point in time if the lost data has real value. In Eli's case the > lost data was Ph.D. student research data. If one student lost all his > data, he may likely have to redo an entire year of school. Who pays for > that? Who pays for his year of lost earnings sine he can't (re)enter > the workforce at Ph.D. pay scale? This snafu may cost a single Ph.D. > student, the university, or both, $200K or more depending on career field. Alll righty then, we are slipping close to hysteria. Please try not to worry about me... I am switching to BTRFS and a backup server for my frickin' movies, and will be fine. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
