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

From: "Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Ron Johnson" <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What O/S or hardware feature would be useful for databases?
Date: 2007-07-04 21:00:36
Message-ID: b35603930707041400t27fdb196ye02ab83ad989ef19@mail.gmail.com
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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? I've seen so many standard changes
in drives and SCSI connectors ... if you don't keep spares of all the
equipment involved you'll face the same issue with tapes that you'd
face with SATA disks.

> --
> Ron Johnson, Jr.
> Jefferson LA USA

-- Cheers,
Andrej
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