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I thought he said he was close to retirement, maybe he's shooting, fishing, driving his Mustang, and saying to hell with everything else?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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He's re-loading.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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All of his guns.
It will be a long, long, long time.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Rick York wrote: re-loading.
What concerns me is why he had to fire them in the first place?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: What concerns me is why he had to fire them in the first place?
Lawn wolves.
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dandy72 wrote: Lawn wolves.
I would go more for boredom  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Actually, no. That concerns me, as he's one of the "founding" members I met when we all had dial up connections. I recall mentioning that I shoot .243 Win and he sent me a couple of boxes of ammunition, since he didn't have a gun in that particular caliber. A kind and generous man, indeed, always willing to help. I do hope he's okay.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Sometimes getting older has its moments then not so much. We have almost zero turnover at the company I contract with so we've had a number of folks pass on. Of course, lots more to retire.
hope he's okay.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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@JSOP : yes, where are you John ? We miss you.
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Message Closed
modified 15-May-23 19:06pm.
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Member 14968771 wrote: I have SEVERAL RAID 5 in my system.
Several RAID 5 arrays?
Member 14968771 wrote: I am ABSOLUTELY , positively sure I did not play with the RAID HDD where my
good , working OS resides.
Don't they recommend against RAID for OS boots
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I bet the RAID you thought was all data also contains the system boot loader. I made this mistake when I set up my server.
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Member 14968771 wrote: I was under , apparently wrong, impression that
RAID allows for "hot replacement" of FAULTY drive...
That's my understanding as well. And hot replacement is also part of the SATA spec.
In light of that, why did you power down anything at all?
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Member 14968771 wrote: I was under , apparently wrong, impression that
RAID allows for "hot replacement" of FAULTY drive...
Not quite. The drive interface must also support hot swap for that, too. So for example if you had a RAID configured on an old IDE system, you would need to power down the system to replace the drives. But hot-swap IDE drive enclosures were available, so you'd probably use one of those, instead, if hot swap was important to you.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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Professionally, I would use RAID for performance but *never* for data retention. The fail recovery process is so specific with the oem as to make it not practical. I'd not wager my paycheck on it.
Years ago, I inherited a development project that utilized very high end raids. The development raid lost a controller board. But it had redundant controller boards, so we're okay, right? fail safe, etc. Nope. Apparently the scheme of talking to the RAID 5 drives was controller specific meaning the redundancy was useless. I had to replace two controller boards, reformat the RAID 5, restore backups, etc.
The sales guy came by a few months later wanting to know why I cancelled all of our orders... either it's redundant or it isn't.
Engineering lesson - when developing a system that has to have high reliability, do not depend on promises. Budget some time and money and break things. Verify the sales brochure.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: Engineering lesson - when developing a system that has to have high reliability, do not depend on promises. Budget some time and money and break things. Verify the sales brochure.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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charlieg wrote: Professionally, I would use RAID for performance but never for data retention. The fail recovery process is so specific with the oem as to make it not practical. I'd not wager my paycheck on it.
Also, RAID doesn't protect from human error. If you delete something, its gone from everywhere. Similarly, a bad controller can write garbage all over your RAID, leaving you out of luck if you don't have your data backed up off system. Preferably off site, in case of fire, flood, pillage, etc.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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Well, there are RAIDs and then there are RAIDs. We have an old, as in 2012, server with hardware RAID, battery backup. 5 mirrors. The system runs 24/7 (server OS VM moved to newer system). We have had 2 drives (SAS) fail in all that time. Installed new drives without powering off, stuff carried on. System runs ESXi installed on one of the mirrors where a drive failed. RAID = hardware protection only.
And yes, I agree; Full testing during system install/build to ensure recovery. Untested mirror = no mirror.
Never used software RAID on the motherboard.
Years ago, I used striped RAID to improve performance.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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That's the thing with the RAID I had - we had lost a few drives in the field, and replacement was what you would expect. But when just *one* of the controller boards failed, and they were described as redundant, we were toast. I'm just glad it happened in the lab and not a customer's system.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Yes, that is the job of a DR backup. We have a "kit", off site.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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I avoid RAID systems.
These posts have confirmed my reasons.
Many moons ago, we set up one for University computer science class.
It did not last the semester.
It was abandoned as a storage system for students and became an exercise in computer hardware diagnostics.
When things go bad with them, they can really go bad.
Just saying.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I have RAIDs too. A lot of them. And hot swap works with no issue. I can swap out faulty drives without powering off even... But remember - you need not only the RAID, but the proper system too...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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I've read some product reviews, and googled "Sager sucks" and the standard mess, but I don't trust random Internet reviews that much.
I hear the main drawback of them is the trackpad, the noise when gaming, and they are heavy.
Pro is ostensibly built like a tank and a lot of computer for the money.
I have some faith in the community here so I'm wondering if any of you have owned a Sager laptop in recent years and can offer your opinion.
Just for context, I plan on mostly using it as a second (linux) PC, but I also plan to use it when I visit my sister, for things like gaming with her.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I found the USB's a bit unreliable, constant 'Dunk, Dunk'...
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