drive out of my old laptop. No special treatment at all. I have had
owwnogui hang, usually due to the barometric sensor, but it all works.
Last year I finally put it on a UPS after giving up on solar power and
have consistently gotten 3 month uptimes (119 days, this run). I have
rebuilt the power supply of course (maybe twice). A storage drive is a
Maxtor 3.5" 160G one that spins down and it works fine too.
Also, I have never actually had a USB stick fail. I have a second slug
with a USB stick soldered directly to one of the unused internal ports.
It works fine too. I have also tried to kill a CF by writing blocks
repeatedly for days; something like approximately 16 million writes if I
remember. I got bored with it after about 4 days. I still use that same
CF card for my work. It was a Sandisk unit and I have a lot of respect
for their products.
It seems to me that this discussion is creating the impression that the
storage devices cannot be trusted but my experience is otherwise. I see
no reason to put RAID into the firmware and if you are that concerned
about your data, perhaps the slug is a poor choice. There are backup
solutions that are a better choice IMO. Since almost all slug hardware
problems are due to power issues, I think any concern should start there.
Steve
On 11-01-06 8:22 AM, Mike Westerhof wrote:
> M.J. Johnson wrote:
>> The amount of discussion this topic has generated is astounding.
>> Many of the messages have debated the merits and shortcomings of solid
>> state vs. microdrives. Bottom line: all drives fail. ALL. ("On a
>> long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.")
>> Which leaves you with a mitigation strategy (RAID or some kind of
>> failover) or a backup strategy.
> Exactly right!
>
> But not a single comment on the solution that allows one to use RAID for
> the rootfs.
>
> So, is it worth continuing to support RAID in SlugOS? I ask because I'm
> currently struggling to fit stuff into the next SlugOS release, and
> something needs to be tossed...
>
> -Mike (mwester)
>
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