[ILUG] Suggestions for best 64 bit Linux distro?

Bernhard Rohrer graylion at sm-wg.net
Wed Jun 29 16:42:49 IST 2005


quoth Paul Jakma:

> But, what happens 3 years down the road when the controller fails and
> you find the spare has been pressed into service? Or you find that
> the raidcontroller's firmware is still the original firmware - the
> one in service having at some point had an upgrade (which rewrote
> on-disk meta-data incompatible with original version, etc..).

I know, which just serves to outline what the term "professionally"
actually means ;) I do admit that the firmware thingy hadn't occurred to
me. The other one is a classic no-no.
>
> NB: Obviously the controller vendor no longer supports that model or
> offers the required firmware update on their site. ;)

that goes without saying. *g*
>
cheers

Bernhard



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