Re: linux standard layout

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jan-Ivar Mellingen <jan-ivar(dot)mellingen(at)alreg(dot)no>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: linux standard layout
Date: 2010-03-09 21:28:20
Message-ID: 1268170100.31596.173.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com
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On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 14:25 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 13:35 -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> >
> >> > In a nutshell, I am heartly recommending virtualization.
> >>
> >> In a nutshell, you are relying on luck that both heavy iron machines
> >> can't lose power at the same time. Sure, it's a low possibility, but
> >> it's still a real one.
> >>
> >
> > Not luck. Percentage of risk.
>
> They're both ways of saying you're rolling the dice. And in every
> situation we're rolling the dice, it's just a question of how many and

Well my point was all about risk versus reward. For many, a 3% risk is
more than appropriate. That isn't luck, it is a calculation of risk.

> how unlikely a particular outcome it. It's why we all have off-site
> backups, and so on.

Yes.

Joshua D. Drake

>

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