Fun geek math disaster

Joe · 04-30-2001, 02:52 PM

Take a server with mission critical data, and pull all 10 drives out of the stripe array.

Dont label them

mix them up

Put them back in in the right order.

There are 3,650,000 different combinations possible

Someone at work did that today and they are totally ****ED now. Fun eh!?

Kevin · 05-01-2001, 12:29 AM

um yeah... what an ass

. Actually if there are ten drives in an array, isn't 10! the correct math? Isn't that 3,628,800 combinations? Don't get me wrong... I have a C+ in Calc BC now so i'm not a ****ing mathematician...
-Kev
THAT IS CRAZY THOUGH!!!!

Joe · 05-01-2001, 09:10 AM

Yeh its 3,628k I just rounded it to 3,650,000. Yeh its 10 Factoral.

its nutz. I worked it out that if it took 8 min per test to see if you have the array in the right setup, it would take 55+ Years to go through all the combinations.

Kevin · 05-02-2001, 06:18 PM

haha!

04-30-2001, 02:52 PM	#1
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Fun geek math disaster Take a server with mission critical data, and pull all 10 drives out of the stripe array. Dont label them mix them up Put them back in in the right order. There are 3,650,000 different combinations possible Someone at work did that today and they are totally **ED now. Fun eh!? __________________ Joe** - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

05-01-2001, 12:29 AM	#2
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	um yeah... what an ass . Actually if there are ten drives in an array, isn't 10! the correct math? Isn't that 3,628,800 combinations? Don't get me wrong... I have a C+ in Calc BC now so i'm not a **ing mathematician... -Kev THAT IS CRAZY THOUGH!!!! __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f*in things are crazy.

05-01-2001, 09:10 AM	#3
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Yeh its 3,628k I just rounded it to 3,650,000. Yeh its 10 Factoral. its nutz. I worked it out that if it took 8 min per test to see if you have the array in the right setup, it would take 55+ Years to go through all the combinations. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

05-02-2001, 06:18 PM	#4
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	haha! __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

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