But the fact that the article specifically mentions about drive failures and that they use some of RAID to cope with this makes me wonder if they were using old disks.
It's probably easier to get all new drives and use them isn't it?
On second thoughts though, it might be much easier to tell GFS to make an extra mirror than to make sure that all disks are brand new.
So, i buy your line of thinking :)
But the fact that the article specifically mentions about drive failures and that they use some of RAID to cope with this makes me wonder if they were using old disks. It's probably easier to get all new drives and use them isn't it? On second thoughts though, it might be much easier to tell GFS to make an extra mirror than to make sure that all disks are brand new. So, i buy your line of thinking :)