Re: 2TB file system
> No, no, those wer the *IBM* Deathstar drives. There was a particular
> run of IBM Deskstar drives that all failed after a certain amount of
> usage due to some non-obvious manufacturing flaw
Oh yes that's right.
> I was almost immediately fired because *I* had done backups on spare
> tapes and was able to save them, but my supervisor was really upset
> that I had ignored his edict that "those drives are scratch space!!!".
> See, I actually *looked* and checked what people had on them. I
> probably saved 2 years of work on several projects, because I didn't
> rely on an unwritten and unannounced edict of "that space is scratch
> and not backed up".
How convenient. Hopefully you are still employed.
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Pete Orrall
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