quoth Paul Jakma:
> But, what happens 3 years down the road when the controller fails and
> you find the spare has been pressed into service? Or you find that
> the raidcontroller's firmware is still the original firmware - the
> one in service having at some point had an upgrade (which rewrote
> on-disk meta-data incompatible with original version, etc..).
I know, which just serves to outline what the term "professionally"
actually means ;) I do admit that the firmware thingy hadn't occurred to
me. The other one is a classic no-no.
>> NB: Obviously the controller vendor no longer supports that model or
> offers the required firmware update on their site. ;)
that goes without saying. *g*
>cheers
Bernhard
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