Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:19:34 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: drive selection for disk arrays Message-ID: <CAHu1Y73YrQEfuj0JNgJFbnVK6%2BFXeQbSwsFwDQ-c=aMnc8seyw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2003261630030.47777@mail2.nber.org> References: <20200325081814.GK35528@mithril.foucry.net> <713db821-8f69-b41a-75b7-a412a0824c43@holgerdanske.com> <20200326124648725158537@bob.proulx.com> <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2003261630030.47777@mail2.nber.org>
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On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 2:02 PM Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> wrote: > > The disturbing frequency of multiple drives going offline in quick > succession is, in my view, largely a result of defects being discovered i= n > quick succession, rather than occuring in quick succession. That really got my attention, and I was guilty of thinking you were committing an epistemological error. Fortunately I was wrong, and the universe (esp. of disk arrays) is counter-intuitive... --=20 "Well," Brahm=C4=81 said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is = no wiser, but an intelligent person requires only two thousand five hundred." - The Mah=C4=81bh=C4=81rata
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