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From: dtynan@altos86.Altos.COM (Dermot Tynan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Disk Mirroring (was Re: Altos 5000)
Message-ID: <3901@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 1 Sep 90 01:29:07 GMT
References: <1990Aug16.174514.2646@NCoast.ORG> <15759@bfmny0.BFM.COM> <89@rsoft.bc.ca>
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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In article <89@rsoft.bc.ca>, frank@rsoft.bc.ca (Frank I. Reiter) writes:
> In article <3895@altos86.Altos.COM> dtynan@altos86.Altos.COM (Dermot Tynan) writes:
> >but [disk mirroring] will double your disk reliability.
> 
> Maybe I've missed something, but it seems to me that the results should be
> orders of magnitude better than that.
> Frank I. Reiter              UUCP:  {uunet,ubc-cs}!van-bc!rsoft!frank

This is true.  However, I didn't want to be accused of using overrated
figures.  You can certainly guarantee doubling reliability, but on this
network, you'd get flamed from on high if you took that too far...
						- Der
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	Dermot Tynan,  Altos Computer Systems,  San Jose, CA   95134
	dtynan@altos86.Altos.COM		(408) 432-6200 x4237

	"Five to one, baby, one in five.  No-one here gets out alive."