[mythtv-users] BE Disk / Filesystem Layout

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 17 22:51:13 UTC 2007



David Brodbeck wrote:
> Stroller wrote:
>   
>> Yes, I appreciate this is anecdotal, not empirical, evidence but as  
>> opinions go (on the subject of the most reliable brands of hard-drive  
>> to buy) I can't think of anyone's opinion I'd rather trust.
>>     
>
> It's a useful data point, but you really have to be careful drawing
> conclusions this way because you don't know the sample you're drawing
> from.  If a mechanic sees ten times as many Fords in his shop as he does
> Volkswagens, does that mean Fords are ten times less reliable?  It
> might.  Or it might mean that there are ten times as many Fords on the road.
>   
Or ten times as many Fords in his neighborhood. ;-)


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