Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:32:27 +0100 (BST) From: "Duncan Young" <duncan.young@pobox.com> To: "Tillman" <tillman@seekingfire.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vinum in FreeBSD 4.x branch Message-ID: <49147.192.107.26.131.1051198347.squirrel@www.duncanyoung.com> In-Reply-To: <20030424075652.A20669@seekingfire.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0304171041550.25794-100000@gnomo.fe.up.pt><41371.192.10 7.26.131.1051112914.squirrel@www.duncanyoung.com><20030423233156.GL497 36@wantadilla.lemis.com><200304240930.15293.duncan.young@pobox.com> <20030424075652.A20669@seekingfire.com>
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> On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 09:30:14AM +0100, Duncan Young wrote: >> Remember this is supposed to be in a corporate environment where >> "failure is >> not an option". Getting vinum to set up root disks is "fiddly" and >> whomever >> will support the box tomorrow, may not be as compentent as whomever sets >> it >> up today. When things go wrong, the simplest setup is best. > > I have a different viewpoint: if this is supposed to be in a corporate > environment, don't set up up the less competent folks for failure by > having them inherit a system that they're not capable of supporting. > This is a staffing issue, not a technical issue. I'm not sure that your viewpoint is different to mine. I'm just making allowances for the failures of management/staffing. One should look at the whole problem, not just the short term techincal aspects. I feel long term maintenance should be considered. Assuming that the whole site isn't BSD, then vinum is a "special case" which no-one except FreeBSD people will have had experienc with (and even then, not that many). So in considering its use I feel that this should be taken into acount. Duncan
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