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BaarfLinks

WhyshouldInotuseRAID5? －ArtS.Kagel

IsRAID5ReallyaBargain? －CaryMillsap

BAARF的开篇语

BAARFwasinventedbyJamesMorleonWednesdaythe4thofJune,2003,intheGrangehoteloutsideBirminghamwhilehavingabeerortwowithMogensNørgaard.
Onthefollowingday-Thursdaythe5thofJune,whichhappenstobetheDanishnationalholidaycelebratingourconstitution-theBattleAgaistAnyRAIDFiveinitiativewasannouncedjointlybyJamesandMogensinfrontoftheUKUserGroupUNIXSpecialInterestGroupmeetingattheGrangehotel.
Bothannouncerswerecarefultosportthe“EnoughisEnough”look(includingarmsfoldedacrossthechest)whiledeliveringthemessagetoabout80delegates.
It’simportanttonote,thatRAID-3,-4,and-5areallincludedintheinitiative,sotheFinBAARFbothstandsforFive,Four,and…err…Free.
ThereasonforBAARFisthatwe’vehadit.EnoughisEnough.For15yearsalotoftheworld’sbestdatabaseexpertshavebeenarguingbackandforthwithpeople(vendorsandothers)abouttheprosandconsofRAID-3,-4and-5.
CaryMillsaphaswrittenexcellentarticlesonRAIDtechnologiesthatshouldhavestoppedtheuse-andpointlessdiscussionsmanyyearsago.Manyothershavewrittensplendidarticlesaboutitaswell.Many.
JamesMorleandothershavewrittenbookswheretheydiscussedtheuselessnessofRAID-Fstuff.
Ithasbeenthesamearguments,thesamemistakes,thesamemisunderstandingsthathaveguidedthediscussionsforallthoseyears.
ThesamefrustrationsfrompeoplethatknewRAID-Fisnotagoodchoice.
ThelawsofNaturearestillsolidlyinplaceandarenotgoingtobechangedbyRAID-Fvendorsanytimesoon.
Sowe’vedecidedtostoparguinganddebatingwithpeopleaboutit.Wewilllowerourbloodpressurepermanentlybyrefusingtohaveanymoreargumentsaboutit.
We’redone.It’sdone.Everythinghasbeensaid.It’stimeforaction–andmakingupyourmind.
YoucanjoinBAARF.Ornot.You’reeitherin.Ornot.
WewillofcourseformtheBAARFParty,andwe’llarrangevariousBAARFPartyConventionswherewe’llproudlydisplayourlogo,whichsays“I’mNOTtalkinganymoreaboutRAID-5.Joinus.Ornot.”–orsomethingtothateffect.
WewillcollecttheusualhorrorstoriesaboutRAID-Fstuffandcustomersbeingcheatedfirst,andsurprisedlater.
TheBAARFpartywillhaveitsownequivalentoftheIraqiInformationMinistertodeliverkeynotesattheirconventions.
Butnomorediscussions.
Birmingham,6thofJune,2003-06-06
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