Running Interactive UNIX w/2 80 MB HDs instead of 1 160. Acceptable?

[Tim Holt]

I'm setting up an Everex 386/25 Step system to run Interactive's UNIX, and
am wondering how acceptable it would be to use 2 80 MB HDs instead of one
large one (like a 160).  I suppose there could be some degredation, but
I can also imagine some improvement in performance, especially if the
swap space was on one HD and work space on the other.

My reason is that the computer will be on board a ship and the other
marine technicians here at OSU have had bad luck with big (160+) HDs,
more frequent failures, so are very inclined towards multiple small (80)
drives.

Is this reasonable?  2 80s instead of 1 160?

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Tim Holt - Marine Technician		holtt at jacobs.cs.orst.edu
Oregon State University			(503)737-4447
College of Oceanograpy
Oc. Admin. 104
Corvallis, OR 97331-5503
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Tim Holt - Marine Technician		holtt at jacobs.cs.orst.edu
Oregon State University			(503)737-4447
College of Oceanograpy