From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4AB7E8C2.3070505@authentrus.com> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:57:38 -0400 From: Wes Kussmaul User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <77f5fdd3ba78c6634ec86bc12fc01dd5@quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <77f5fdd3ba78c6634ec86bc12fc01dd5@quanstro.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Petabytes on a budget: JBODs + Linux + JFS Topicbox-Message-UUID: 73ee25fe-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 erik quanstrom wrote: > storage vendors have a credibility problem. i think the big > storage vendors, as referenced in the op, sell you on many > things you don't need for much more than one has to spend. Those of us who know something about Coraid understand that your company doesn't engage in fudili practices. > so i understand one is not inclined to believe a storage guy > about the need for something that's more expensive. Maybe the appliance example was misplaced; no skepticism of your take on drive quality was intended. After all, you don't make the drives. I'm genuinely interested in the view of a storage systems pro like yourself about how an outsider like me who buys drives at tigerdirect can discern an "enterprise" drive when I see one. Wes