Re: backup archive format saved to disk
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 08:41:23AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 01:11:06PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
[Mike wrote]
So, the probability that at least one disc fails is 1-(1-p)(1-p).
For p = 0.01, that is 0.0199.
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you aren't using an old pentium are you? ;-)
If p = 0.01, then (1-p) = 0.99, and (1-p)(1-p) = 0.9801, so that
1 - (1-p)(1-p) = 0.0199 exactly.
that was a joke...
Sorry, missed that.
[snip]
If the probability of the first one failing is 60% and the probability
of the second one failing is 60%, then I suppose you believe that the
probability of one or the other or both failing is 120%.
no I don't. consider me thinking aloud.
Now you missed *my* joke! Sorry, I shoulda put in a smiley.
[snip]
NB: 1 - (1-p)^2 = 1 - (1 - 2p + p^2) = 2p - p^2, as computed
above.
doesn't this involve pascal's triangle somewhere? my brain is too
fuzzy for this stuff. I need to get a good book and retrain my brain.
Everything involves Pascal's triangle somewhere :-)
thanks for the refresher!
Sorry, my grad schooling is in Mathematical Probability and Statistics.
I almost got a Ph.D (a kid suddenly came along, and I had to get a
real job), but was in a program which only made Ph.Ds,
so I didn't wind up with an MSc. along the way, which I have certainly
exceeded the normal requirements for :-(
Mike
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