Re: No Mirror or Raid

["oludare" <oludare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

I don't think anyone on this list or myself favor no raid or mirror or get
that impression at anytime.  I'm trying to make a decision base on my
environment and all input is being considered.

Dare

----- Original Message -----
From: <D.BALE@handleman.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: No Mirror or Raid


> Oh, gosh, you're gonna make me look up the original post again?
> <dig, dig, dig>
>
> Ok, Dare's original query on the subject was:
> >What are the PROs and CONs on a system without disk mirror or raid.
>
> I listed a bunch of CONs and one little PRO, hence the CONs outweigh the
PROs.
>
> It was not my intention to imply that anyone should consider a "system
without
> disk mirror or raid".  Is that what you read from that?  The context of my
> post should have made that clear.
>
> Dare, based on your new revelation that this is strictly a development
system,
> you should be o.k. as long as you can accept the risk of losing whatever
work
> you did since your last backup.  I imagine your risk would be somewhat
reduced
> given some of the new drive diagnostics IBM builds in that detects
problems
> before they occur.  In the end, you roll the dice.
>
> Perhaps you should consider a scenario whereby you put a new tape in the
drive
> first thing in the morning and let the job scheduler do a SAVCHGOBJ to
tape
> every hour on the hour.  Might be overkill for your situation, but what if
> your DASD crashed at 4:30 p.m. after a day of heavy development on a real
> tight deadline?
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
>
> -------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
> From: <D.BALE@handleman.com>
> > The CONs far outweigh and PROs.
>
> Dan, come again on the above statement...
> Leif
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