Tom Brown wrote: > >>> >> CF Fails, i can re inject it into a new CF card and away I go. yes >> if the HD fails ive lost the database, but its a monitoring box, toss >> a new one in , reboot the box and away we go. >> > > but as either cant operate without the other you have just doubled > your chances of an outage rather than reduced it You have lowered the MTTR but gained a higher MTTF and that was maybee your goal? KISS principle rules, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle.