From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 16 17:45:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1B0016A41A for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:45:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: from bsd.ultra-secure.de (bsd.ultra-secure.de [62.146.20.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E66D713C455 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:45:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: (qmail 29717 invoked by uid 89); 16 Feb 2008 17:18:05 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 29701, pid: 29703, t: 3.4365s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.88.7/m:44/d:4673 spam: 3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on bsd.ultra-secure.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.200?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@217.71.83.52) by bsd.ultra-secure.de with (AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 16 Feb 2008 17:18:02 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: <86tzk8vnz9.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <86r6fdx0tf.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080216113721.GA55702@voi.aagh.net> <86tzk8vnz9.fsf@ds4.des.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Rainer Duffner Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:16:25 +0100 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RC2 Available X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:45:09 -0000 Am 16.02.2008 um 17:56 schrieb Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav: > Thomas Hurst writes: >> Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav (des@des.no) writes: >>> Not cost-effective? What is the "street price" of 16 GB disk space >>> these days? About the same as a couple of Big Macs? >> That's roughly half of a common 36G SCSI drive, and still a fairly >> significant chunk of a 73G one. Granted, you probably don't get all >> that many high-memory systems with just one or two dinky disks. > > 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) =20= you just can't plug in a 500 GB WD SATA2 disk. You've got to use either SAS or SAN-boot. Guess which one is better support by FreeBSD? cheers, Rainer --=20 Rainer Duffner CISSP, LPI, MCSE rainer@ultra-secure.de