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Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > Don't blame me for your decision to use the most expensive type of
> > storage available, especially when it has been conclusively shown
> > that expensive server-grade disks are no more reliable than cheap
> > consumer- grade disks.
> I think you are unfair.  In some servers (Blades come to mind - but
> they're not the only ones) you just can't plug in a 500 GB WD SATA2
> disk.  You've got to use either SAS or SAN-boot.

In that case, you need to find a better server supplier.

(yes, I've seen blades that take 3.5" disks)

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no