"Andrew" == Andrew Hobson ahobson@eng.mindspring.net writes:
Andrew> On Mon, 17 May 1999 12:50:58 -0700, "Jim McCoy" Andrew> mccoy@yahoo-inc.com said: >> sirbruce@ix.netcom.com writes: >>> As to what happened, the most *likely* scenario for any >>> signficant downtime of the Netapp is double disk failure. >>> That is, one disk failed, and during reconstruction they lost >>> another.
>> I beg to differ.
Andrew> I just about to write this exact same email. We've had Andrew> the same experiences with filer failers and quality Andrew> control.
Andrew> We're having the same thoughts about the cost when you Andrew> want non-stop computing. Netapp is great for the 98% Andrew> uptime market. They aren't ready to play in the 99.99% Andrew> uptime market, at least in my view.
Maybe we're just not a big enough NetApp customer. We have an F540, and F630 and an F740. None of them have ever given us the least bit of trouble.