In retrospect, that was a big error in our thinking. |
The upside to the disk problem was that we recovered the old system to the SAN. |
This feature was very important to us because the nature of our e-mail database is such that we have a trillion tiny data files, a system which is less than ideal for a file-based storage system. The files are poorly positioned to do any streaming onto tape. |
We placed few restrictions on people. Faculty had freedom to conduct their research and had few IT policies to think about. |
What this event really impacted was the school's ability to compete in the scientific community. |