[Coco] CF and SD life expectancy

[gene heskett]

On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 09:58:08 AM Jay Coleman did opine:

>   On 7/24/2011 9:31 PM, Mark Ormond wrote:
> > Go raid 6 or zfs.
> > (Never trust raid as a way to keep your data safe. A good backup that
> > is tested is the only way to insure your data is safe. I sell A LOT
> > of servers, And tell this to every customer. Raid is a good way to
> > keep downtime to a minimum.)
> > 
> > Later,
> > dabone
> 
> Indeed.  RAID is to keep your data online in case of minor failure.
> Backups are to keep your data alive in case of major failure.   Any
> system that is not using both is asking for hurt.  (And oh, how hard it
> is to explain sometimes... executives can be so obtuse... "How much does
> it cost you to lose this data?" "$2-3 million."  "Then buy me a $50k
> backup system."  "But that's expensive!")
> 
> Jay

An MBA's logic doesn't work anything like common sense Jay, and we both 
know it.  After one experience working for an MBA in the GM's chair for 
about 3 years, (I went through 3 GM's in my tenure as CE at WDTV) I told 
the owner I was down the road if I had to do that again.  His response was 
that I wouldn't have to worry about that again.

Cheers, gene
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