Re: [exim] RAID level for mailstore

> In this and my previous $dayjob I've had some degree of responsibility
> for a range of NetApp filers or similar devices from other vendors with
> fiber channel, SCSI and SATA disks in various configurations. The
> failure rate of the SATA disks far outweighs the rates of the others.
>
> That said, the way the arrays are put together in many cases the first
> evidence of a drive failure is a box arriving from the vendor with a
> replacement, or a phone call from their tech support to tell us. Ah, the
> joys of enterprise support contracts :)
>
>


indeed - netapps or EMC's phoning home is 'nice' although i would never
rely on that alone. Personally hardware monitoring in house is an
absolute must, i'd rather not rely on someone telling me something is
broken.