Re: Disk is cheap?

On Monday 18 March 2002 21:33, Stahlke, Mark wrote:
> Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP wrote:
> > But disk is cheap, right...?
> > Or is that yet another Urban Legend???
>
> Yes, that's another Urban Legend.
>
> Disk DRIVES are cheap, disk SPACE is not so cheap.

If that were true, how come people buy disk space and end up with enough GB but too few spindles, in stead of buying enough spindles and realizing they have lots of spare disk space?

(Couldn't resist that one, I know this is not really what you meant)

Rgds, Bjørn.

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