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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:56:52 -0600
From:      Tillman <tillman@seekingfire.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Vinum in FreeBSD 4.x branch
Message-ID:  <20030424075652.A20669@seekingfire.com>
In-Reply-To: <200304240930.15293.duncan.young@pobox.com>; from duncan.young@pobox.com on Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 09:30:14AM %2B0100
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0304171041550.25794-100000@gnomo.fe.up.pt> <41371.192.107.26.131.1051112914.squirrel@www.duncanyoung.com> <20030423233156.GL49736@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200304240930.15293.duncan.young@pobox.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.

-T


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