[tech] disk replacement post-mortem

[Simon Fryer]

Thank you very much for the work you have done on this James. 

> A while ago James Andrewartha tapped:

[...]

> Today's moral: never boast about how you're going to use hardware solely
> to perform backups, it makes it feel unwanted and go on strike.

I thought it was going to be used my mail spool! :) I am sure the latency 
isn't noticeable when reading mail over the Au <-> Uk link.  

Simon

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"Well, an engineer is not concerned with the truth; that is left to 
philosophers and theologians: the prime concern of an engineer is 
the utility of the final product."  
Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, L.Solymar, D.Walsh