Re: [Nolug] Backing up linux

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:00:52 -0600
Message-ID: <47B6EC94.1060209@cox.net>

On 02/16/08 00:32, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
>
>> But isn't that what dual redundancy is for? Or do only proprietary
>> systems offer the ability to use 2 SCSI cards and 2 storage
>> controllers to send the same data to the host? (And in the case of
>> OpenVMS, 2 machines?)
>
> Redundancy in hardware drives up the price much faster than taking care
> of reliability in software.

Very true. But it also gives double the thruput.

-- 
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA
PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals
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