| From: | Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Karl Denninger <karl(at)denninger(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Dave Crooke <dcrooke(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Schnabel <schnabelr(at)missouri(dot)edu>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, cb <cb(at)mythtech(dot)net>, "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Is Diskeeper Automatic Mode safe? |
| Date: | 2009-11-16 20:52:29 |
| Message-ID: | dcc563d10911161252h4c0e0036pd9d30bde86e7fccf@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Karl Denninger <karl(at)denninger(dot)net> wrote:
> Dave Crooke wrote:
>> My reply about server failure was shwoing what could go wrong at the
>> server level assuming a first-class, properly run data center, with
>> fully redundant power, including a server with dual power supplies on
>> separate cords fed by separate UPS'es etc. ....
> Never had a motherboard short out either eh? China makes really GOOD
> electrolytic caps these days (I can show you several SERVER CLASS boards
> that were on conditioned power and popped 'em, rendering the board dead
> instantly.)
>
> Murphy is a bastard.
You know about the whole capacitor caper from a few years back, where
this one plant was making corrosive electrolyte and a huge number of
capacitor suppliers were buying from them. Mobos from that era are
terrible. Caps that expand and burst after anywhere from a few months
to a few years of use. ugh.
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