[Gllug] Two Queries

[John Hearns]

On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 10:42, Huw Lynes wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:25:26 +0100 +0100
> chris at bloxwich.demon.co.uk (Christopher Currie) wrote:
> 
> 
> > 2. Is there any evidence that ReiserFS imposes more physical wear and tear 
> > on hard drives than other filesystems? Have any tests been done on the
> > comparative
> 
> we've always found that firmware revisions on the disks make a bigger
> difference than filesystem type. Disks are going to fail whatever you do. 
I'm also of the opinion, from experience, that cabling is more prone to
failure than disks - in the case of IDE disks and flat ribbon cables.
I expect that this is one area where serial ATA cabling will be an
improvement.

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