Because I haven’t posted enough today

Me: mmm self healing drives … http://www.xiotech.com/Products-and-Services_ISE.aspx
Skipford: We are so on our way to the cylons.
Me: isn’t it exciting? :)
Skipford: I, for one, welcome our new cyborg masters.

~ by Skennedy on April 8, 2008.

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14 Responses to “Because I haven’t posted enough today”

  1. Those aren’t self healing drives. They are self healing disk arrays. Big, big difference.

    c0nsumer said this on April 8, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    • # Self-healing technology.
      The ISE automatically performs preventive and remedial repair of components within its sealed DataPac (capacity module)-requiring no intervention to pull failed drives. The ISE migrates data as needed, performs power-cycling and factory remanufacturing, recalibrates components, and more. The result is the equivalent of a fresh, factory-remanufactured drive. Only the components that are irreparable are taken out of service. All others are restored to full activity.

      # Granular recovery.
      The ISE can recover data down to a level of granularity impossible with traditional RAID controllers that can only “see” an entire drive.

      # Self-Sparing.
      Each sealed array includes spare capacity, which overcomes the need for service if there is a failure within the DataPac

      That seems to imply to me, particularly with the comment on granularity, that it can repair devices on a drive level, not just replace drives with working drives.

      atdt1991 said this on April 8, 2008 at 8:25 pm

      • Yes. That doesn’t fix a drive, it recovers from its failure.

        c0nsumer said this on April 8, 2008 at 8:27 pm

        • If it performs its own remanufacturing and recalibration, I think that’s nit-picking on the definition of “fix” vs “recover”. If a drive fails in a way that can be corrected by the manufacturer, and this drive does it by itself, I’m willing to accept that as “healing”, even if it won’t somehow recreate the platter surface from a head crash or something.

          Besides, that wasn’t the point of the post – skippy said something funny. Humor, man!

          atdt1991 said this on April 8, 2008 at 8:38 pm

        • If it performs its own remanufacturing and recalibration, I think that’s nit-picking on the definition of “fix” vs “recover”. If a drive fails in a way that can be corrected by the manufacturer, and this drive does it by itself, I’m willing to accept that as “healing”, even if it won’t somehow recreate the platter surface from a head crash or something.

          Besides, that wasn’t the point of the post – skippy said something funny. Humor, man!

          atdt1991 said this on April 8, 2008 at 8:38 pm

      • Yes. That doesn’t fix a drive, it recovers from its failure.

        c0nsumer said this on April 8, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    • # Self-healing technology.
      The ISE automatically performs preventive and remedial repair of components within its sealed DataPac (capacity module)-requiring no intervention to pull failed drives. The ISE migrates data as needed, performs power-cycling and factory remanufacturing, recalibrates components, and more. The result is the equivalent of a fresh, factory-remanufactured drive. Only the components that are irreparable are taken out of service. All others are restored to full activity.

      # Granular recovery.
      The ISE can recover data down to a level of granularity impossible with traditional RAID controllers that can only “see” an entire drive.

      # Self-Sparing.
      Each sealed array includes spare capacity, which overcomes the need for service if there is a failure within the DataPac

      That seems to imply to me, particularly with the comment on granularity, that it can repair devices on a drive level, not just replace drives with working drives.

      atdt1991 said this on April 8, 2008 at 8:25 pm

  2. Those aren’t self healing drives. They are self healing disk arrays. Big, big difference.

    c0nsumer said this on April 8, 2008 at 8:19 pm

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