One of the war-stories I've heard involved a disk that was returning garbage when read, which was then rewritten and faithfully mirrored to both drives. So if it's important, you'll be reading both drives and comparing, or using checksums like ZFS does.
- serial number - who you purchased it from, and when - warranty information (expiry, contact details, etc.) - support contract details (expiry, contact details, etc.)
Windows : you're trusting Microsoft, the State of Massachusetts and the Federal Government of America.
I'd rather not. Those are all American, and are working for America's benefit. I'm not American (or Chinese either), so almost by definition, they are not working for my benefit. So no thanks, I'd be rather naive to blindly trust them.
How much source code have you verified on your linux install ? Your windows install has at least been verified by a known party. Anyone wanting to get into your system will have to get past microsoft first.
And there are THOUSANDS of virus, trojans, keyloggers, etc. that show that you don't need source code to bypass Microsoft's (or anyone esle's) security.
They came out six months after we bought a netapp filer. Thumper was half the price for twice the storage. That's the sort of dirt cheap he's talking about.
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One of the war-stories I've heard involved a disk that was returning garbage when read, which was then rewritten and faithfully mirrored to both drives. So if it's important, you'll be reading both drives and comparing, or using checksums like ZFS does.
I'd also add:
- serial number
- who you purchased it from, and when
- warranty information (expiry, contact details, etc.)
- support contract details (expiry, contact details, etc.)
Windows : you're trusting Microsoft, the State of Massachusetts and the Federal Government of America.
I'd rather not. Those are all American, and are working for America's benefit. I'm not American (or Chinese either), so almost by definition, they are not working for my benefit. So no thanks, I'd be rather naive to blindly trust them.
How much source code have you verified on your linux install ? Your windows install has at least been verified by a known party. Anyone wanting to get into your system will have to get past microsoft first.
And there are THOUSANDS of virus, trojans, keyloggers, etc. that show that you don't need source code to bypass Microsoft's (or anyone esle's) security.
They came out six months after we bought a netapp filer. Thumper was half the price for twice the storage. That's the sort of dirt cheap he's talking about.
This is a clearcase of a thread going out of control.
It also exists on Tru64. And on AIX it's called netsvc.conf (or netservice.conf, I'm away from my AIX boxes right now.)