26 Apr
2011
26 Apr
'11
1 p.m.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 03:50:13PM -0700, Fred Cisin wrote:
Getting the wrong answer really, really fast seems to be all that
is important for quite a lot of people. This also explains the popularity
of "database systems" that don't even pretend to provide full ACID[0].
And when I tell people "the _important_ filesystems on my home server
(system, /home, /var/spool/mail, revision control repositories) sit on
mirrored SCSI drives and are backed up to DLT & LTO tapes" they look at
me like I'm crazy ...
Kind regards,
Alex.
[0] Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
I really
wonder how many glitches modern dram has?
The general public, and many power-lusers, have different priorities.
Speed and not "bothering" you with error reports seem to be a higher
priority than reliability and accuracy.