Re: What O/S or hardware feature would be useful for databases?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Ron Johnson" <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What O/S or hardware feature would be useful for databases?
Date: 2007-07-05 03:55:57
Message-ID: 3361.1183607757@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On 7/4/07, Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> wrote:
>> "Enterprise-level" tapes can sit in storage for 7-15 years and then
>> still be readable. Can a disk drive sit un-used for 7 years? Would
>> the motor freeze up? Will we still be able to connect SATA drives
>> in 7 years?

> Same with a tape-drive, no?

Uh, no, because the tape is removable.

regards, tom lane

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