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From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: obscurity
Message-ID: <1860@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 22:01:24 EST
Article-I.D.: hammer.1860
Posted: Thu Mar 13 22:01:24 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Mar-86 20:56:39 EST
References: <2102@dutoit.UUCP> <464@polaris.UUCP> <1843@hammer.UUCP> <173@desint.UUCP>
Reply-To: tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy (Snoopy)
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In article <173@desint.UUCP> geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) writes:

>> The hardware screws up and scribbles on the disk and you're complaining
>> about the software?
>
>Hate to introduce you to reliable systems, but yes.  A truly robust
>filesystem isn't bothered by little details like flaky hardware, even if
>you can't afford to replicate it.

Sorry, I disagree.  What do you do when the drive decides to write
stuff all over the disk?  What do you do when you get a head crash?
There are all sorts of things the hardware can do that a simplex
system just can't protect from.  Sure there are things that you could
do that would help a little, but don't kid yourself about immunity
to hardware failures.

Snoopy
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