Thursday, January 6, 2011

Re: [nslu2-linux] Re: Low power / quiet drive

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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