Burke, S (Stephen) wrote:
> Even if the software is fault-tolerant, which isn't a concept readily
> associated with current grid software, how many people do google employ just
> to go round replacing disks, fans, motherboards etc, rebooting crashed
> nodes, troubleshooting network problems, ...?
This is purely conjecture, but I guess that if it were cheaper for them
to buy more expensive and more reliable hardware than to have people
replacing dead fans/power supplies/drives, etc. then they would.
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