Eero Ahonen wrote:
>> Formatting a huge drive with, say, FAT or NTFS only takes a few 
>> minutes, but a low-level format takes an hour or more.
> 
> Yes. Formatting to ext3 or XFS takes a moment more, since the system 
> also creates journaling ;).

NTFS also creates journaling. The actual difference is that ext2 and 
ext3 preallocate all the inodes, while NTFS doesn't.

> What it doesn't do is dropping the disk from the array if it works,

I would have to disagree with you there.

> And yes, if your house burns down or your roofs gives up and lets the 
> water in, you do have a bigger problem than your binary data.

I disagree. Fixing your house is just money. Getting back the vacation 
photos, or the photos of people who are no longer alive, is much more 
difficult.  :-)

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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