10 Apr
2003
10 Apr
'03
11:41 a.m.
Brandon Ross wrote:
I've always found that these types of papers and products always miss one big area of failure, at least in my experience. What happens when the highly redundant device is skewered by a fork lift? Yes, I've had this happen. At least if you have a dual router config, and separate those routers physically, you have a chance of surviving such problems.
Apparently your skeweree was insufficiently armored -- an obvious design flaw. Where do you draw the line? Probability trees aside, you design your system and take your chances. Peter E. Fry