[plug] RAID, and what it can't solve

[Matt Kemner]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, quoth Bernard Blackham:

> > yup, 3 out of 7 disks died at the same time, with a fourth one dying soon
> > after.
>
> If the disks were bought at the same time in the same batch, then
> isn't this what quality control is all about? ;)

The thing is, these disks were all at least 5 years old
They were in an old Dual-PPro200 Digital Prioris server, 9GB per drive.

It's as if they had a built-in timer that specified how long they should
live.. like an enforced MTBF :)

*doffs tin-foil hat*

Anyone want a Digital Prioris 6200MP with hardware RAID (Mylex DAC960) as
well as 2x onboard Adaptec SCSI, and 3 working 9GB drives and 512MB RAM?

Make me an offer.. :)

(It doubles as a room heater in winter)

 - Matt