Re: RAID backup

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:11:16 +0100

On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:31:26AM -0600, Herman Oosthuysen wrote:
> Self demagnetization used to be a problem of magnetic media and some
> components such as capacitors used to deteriorate with age, but I think
> that those problems have been solved decades ago, so equipment in clean
> and dry storage should last almost forever.

You missed "stable temperature" as well. Some capacitors still
"dry out" with age and heat, even with todays technology.

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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


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