Redundant Array of Inexpensive Fish
Posted by Captain Shenanigan on Tuesday December 10, 2002 @05:28PM
from the icky-theology dept.
Charles Perkins writes: Jorgen Hansensensen, a prominent San Diego cryptographic researcher, has developed a new more reliable pet management methodology modeled on computer storage technology.
“Like many families, we have pets,” Jorgen tells the San Diego Mercurial News. “But it is always such a traumatic event when one dies or runs away. Just last week our cat ‘Bob’ ran away at the same time the hard drive of my Sparc Ultra bit the dust. I found myself wishing we had an emergency backup cat that I could swap in before Hans could notice and throw a fit, or before my wife could get on me again about my absent-minded and erratic cat-feeding habits.”
“Cats are expensive though,” Hans continues, “And easy to tell apart, kind of like big SCSI disks. What I needed was a cheaper animal that I could swap out more quickly. I was thinking about that and then my screen-saver kicked in and all of a sudden I had it! Fish! I am happy to say that our new aquarium is working out nicely.”
Subject:RAIF level 5
I've found that at array sizes higher than 5, it becomes very difficult to determine whether or not an array member is offline. I recommend to those considering RAIF-1 (replacing) that RAIF-5 (schooling) is far more effective.
Comment by matthew — December 10, 2002 @ 6:36 pm
Subject:Re: RAIF level 5
Offline fish tend to rise to the top of the queue. They indicate their offline status by flipping over and floating upside-down. Schools do make it easier to recover from multiple simulataneous failure though.
Comment by Captain Shenanigan — December 10, 2002 @ 9:09 pm
Subject:No Subject Given
I actually have an excessively redundant array of inexpensive fish. The more I neglect the tank and forget to feed them, the more they reproduce. I'm thinking of adding a big fish just to eat some of them.
Comment by Michael — December 11, 2002 @ 1:26 am
Subject:Re: JBOF
When you combine all your fish into a single large fish, it's referred to as JBOF (Just a Big Old Fish), which technically isn't a RAIF level.
Comment by Matthew — December 11, 2002 @ 1:33 am
Subject:Re: JBOF
I think I'll just call it “centralized storage”.
Comment by Michael — December 11, 2002 @ 3:41 am
Subject:Re: JBOF
Perhaps it's a PAN - a Piscine Area Network?
Comment by Simon Dudding — December 11, 2002 @ 5:16 pm
Subject:Re: JBOF
Or a FiN, Fish intra-Net.
Comment by Captain Shenanigan — December 12, 2002 @ 5:05 pm