On 05/06/2014 09:31 AM, Kent Borg wrote: > On 05/06/2014 09:13 AM, Robert Krawitz wrote: >> Disks themselves have clever proprietary firmware... > > Indeed. But, judging from lost data reputations, they appear to be > careful in what they ship. > > Also, when doing RAID 1, I like to pair disks from different > manufacturers. Different models and manufacturing dates help when one > runs out of distinct manufacturers. > > -kb, the Kent who worries that we are running out of distinct disk > manufacturers. > Indeed. I have been doing that for years. Disks from a single lot under a similar usage have a higher likelihood of simultaneous failure. We had a simultaneous disk failure at the BLU a few years ago.
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