Excellent idea. We will of course put your comment into the official BAARF paper version 2 (which I think I can have ready in about 42 seconds from now) as an important (and so far the only) footnote.
What I like about your idea is that it got me wondering if the future has already started? I mean, I have seen RAID-40 sold (albeit under the name RAID-50), and I have seen RAID-50 sold (albeit under names like "Disaster Recovery Site"), and such. It must be a challenge to sell a huge RAID-4 SAN... and then mirror it. Respect!
It might also be possible to create a new BAARF logo (the old one is kind of outdated and people are getting tired of looking at it now after several days of availability on the open market) where it ends with a sentence like ".....And all the powers that be......"
I have actually just added your comment in the BAARF vers 2.doc and .htm documents. Should be available on the Internet RSN.
Thanks for your idea.
Best regards,
Mogens
Daniel W. Fink wrote:
Mogens,
As a futuristic thinker, I challenge you to go beyond todays technology and consider what the next millenium may bring. While it is all good and well to be against RAID-Free/Four/Five, we should also issue a policy statement against the newer, though not currently production ready, configurations listed below.
RAID-Firteen/Fourteen/Fifteen, Free hundred through Five hundred ninety nine (inclusive), Free thousand through Five thousand nine hundred ninety nine (inclusive) and all RAIDS that are powers of Free/Four/Five.
Dan
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