On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 06:06:07PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 02/26/2009 05:54 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:36:20AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
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Perhaps. I think some people make hard rules where in fact they would
get a much better result by thinking instead for each case. Of course
thinking can be hard, and it is much easier to just follow a hard rule
so you don't get in trouble for making a decision.
Ehh.
Most DC managers have a bit more clue and good reasons than simply rules
for rules' sake.
Mainly logistics: if all the center's disks are SAS (or whatever other
standard you choose) in only one or two vendor's SANs (or whatever other
cabinet you choose), it makes the Operation staff's job a whole lot
easier, thus helping to ensure greater uptime.
for large site, server owners would ask for space and not for disks, it
would be upto to the storage guys to provide it and they like every one
else like to KISS and thus usually standardise.