Re: linux standard layout - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: linux standard layout
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Msg-id 1268170100.31596.173.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com
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In response to Re: linux standard layout  (Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: linux standard layout
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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@commandprompt.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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