Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (437 mails)

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 2015-04-08 23:24, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
> > > > /dev/sd* are in the class of the most unstable names you can possibly
> > > > get.
> > >
> > > No, actually not.
> > > In "normal" setups (no multipath, fancy storage etc), all disks are /dev/sd*
> >
> > I have access to a normal setup.
> > Typical desktop tower box (19"x4RUx~55cm usual size), with extra 3.5"
> > cages ex factory. Contains 16 disks,
>
> "normal".

Yes, it _is_ normal.

> a "normal" setup as I consider it today allows you to only put in one
> disk.

Quite a narrow definition of "normal" you have there.
I say normal is what's within 2 sigma.

Boring one-controller setups are within that 2 sigma, but are not
a majority within it, for server role setups are still quite strong,
and I hear we are still waiting for The Year Of The Linux Desktop.
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