Quoth [email protected]: > Quoth [email protected]: > > and say "look, its worn out in less than a year from being used as an > > index"? > This would be nearly impossible to prove. But, smart stas showing that > there was significantly more IO than the manufacturer recommended would > be a good minimum demonstration.
Yes, that is what I'm talking about - if you can show stats on the disk that indicate it was being overused, that's a good indication. Anything else is speculation. > hardware fails sometimes Sometimes you just get unlucky. I had a hard drive fail within 2 weeks of purchase. I've had others that were over a decade old when I got them, still working, a decade later. ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T4d8ba4236feb5d92-Md5c5842adf58543cef8f50f4 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
