linux-kernel - Re: RIP - dead harddisk..

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Message-ID: <522FDD32.9040603@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:02:10 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Bruce Fields <bfields@...ldses.org>
Subject: Re: RIP - dead harddisk..

On 09/10/2013 08:00 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 7:46 PM, John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org> wrote:
>>
>> Linus> The timing absolutely sucks, but it looks like the SSD in my
>> Linus> main workstation just died on me.
>>
>> What model, if you care to share?  I figure you'r a perfect storm of
>> SSD beating with all your compiles and git pulls, etc.
> 
> So I don't want to necessarily blame the harddisk, since it's just ten
> days since I upgraded the rest of my machine, after it worked years in
> the previous one. That just makes me go "hmm". As far as I know, all
> the fans etc were working fine, but..
> 
>> And may I suggest that you get TWO of them next time and mirror them,
>> for just this case?  The SysAdmin in my shouting out here...
> 
> I long ago gave up on doing backups. I have actively moved to a model
> where I use replacable machines instead. I've got the stuff I care
> about generally on a couple of different machines, and then keys etc
> backed up on a separate encrypted USB key.
> 
> So it's inconvenient. Mainly from a timing standpoint. But nothing more.
> 

I won't get any stationary machines without mirrored drives anymore.
Storage just isn't reliable enough.

	-hpa


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