[zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

andy thomas
2012-02-16T14:57:48Z

On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:

>> From: zfs-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-
>> bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of andy thomas
>>
>> One of my most vital servers is a Netra 150 dating from 1997 - still
going
>> strong, crammed with 12 x 300 Gb disks and running Solaris 9. I think
one
>> ought to have more faith in Sun hardware.
>
> If it''s one of your "most vital," I think you should
have less faith in Sun
> hardware.
> If it''s one of your "nobody really cares, I can easily
replace it," servers
> then... sounds good.  Keep it on as long as it''s alive.

Well, it''s used as an off-site backup server whose content is in
addition mirrored to another Linux server internally and as all the
Netra''s disks are UFS, if I ever had a problem with it I''d
just pull them
all out and transfer them to an E450 and power that on in its place.

Andy

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