Re: fsck is dead (was: Some very thought-provoking ...)

Ralf Baechle (ralf@uni-koblenz.de)
Fri, 2 Jul 1999 13:55:39 +0200


On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 07:38:28PM -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote:

> 99.9999% doesn't cut it? Damn... I'd hate to be working with you...

How would you *guarantee* that availability? Btw, 99.9999% availability
is equivalent to a downtime of about 53 minutes per year. Unacceptable
for some applications - which is why in many places things are still
controlled by things like a Siemens S5 but not computers ...

Ralf (Gratuful no longer having to fuck around with S5's ...)

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