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Google (and others like AWS) don't use RAID, that's absolutely right - but they also don't use arrays from the regular manufacturers like EMC, NetApp, etc. Whe
by EwanToo 14y ago
Google (and others like AWS) don't use RAID, that's absolutely right - but they also don't use arrays from the regular manufacturers like EMC, NetApp, etc.
Whether they eventually get around to swapping out failed drives or not, I don't know. I assume they do, since a CPU and memory costs a lot more than a drive replacement, so you want to keep them up and running.
- TillE 14y agoI imagine they'd swap out the whole blade as a quick fix, but then have it diagnosed, repaired, and put back into service. Makes more sense than trying to fiddle around with a defective server while it's still in the rack.