On 31/1/10, Graydon, discombobulated, unleashed: >Nice lady at Google got a *huge* data set on disk reliability and >crunched it. Essential take home point -- 3 copies, on 3 different >spindles, or you WILL lose it. > >So, first up, you've got only 2 copies. You're going to experience >catastrophic data loss sometime. You probably don't want that. So you >need a 3rd external drive. (Different maker for the enclosure and the >drive if you can swing it.)
Yup. Covered. > >Second, _why_ do you think deleting and replacing is a good idea? OS X >uses a file system where you shouldn't have to worry about fragmentation >in any way. As I have now found out. Just makes me even smugger. > >Third, if what you want is a complete wipe, don't delete files; format >the disk. I did. Many thanks. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
