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by AlephGarden 3302 days ago
That keeps your data safe, but (and I'm guessing here) quite plausibly means filesystem writes may likely start failing, causing services on the affected server to start failing. If you need uptime during an earthquake, then that's not sufficient.
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jacquesm 3302 days ago
Why guess? From the article on the sensor:

"When the computer is stable, the drive operates normally again."

So unless you install a drive that has its own motion detection on board the computer will simply quickly 'park' the drive and will allow it to resume operation without any issues when it has landed.

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avh02 3302 days ago
to be fair, AlephGarden did say during an earthquake. Telecoms, Hospitals, etc, perhaps wouldn't be happy with being out for the time taken for an earthquake to blow over. Plus aftershocks when damage control is in progress.
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jacquesm 3302 days ago
They'd be a lot happier with being out for that time rather than having to replace a bunch of hardware.
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