Aragorn;168924 Wrote: > It is not true at all that all the HD are the same in term of > reliability. > > Also between the same brand there is a lot of variability in the MTBF > (Mean Time Before Failure) between different models. > MTBF is rating indicating the expected number of power on hours (POH) > before failure will occur. > > Hard Disk for use on servers have a much higher MTBF, but they are also > more expensive. > > I cannot say which brand is better, but just for fun I have compared > two Samsung HD of the same size, one was 330'000 POH and the other > 600'000 POH; that mean that one is much likely to fail than the other. > > The bottom line is: if you want reliability just check the MTBF before > you buy, you can always found them in the web site of the > manufacturers. If you are unlucky of course your "better" hard disk can > fail earlier than another which has a worst MTBF, but on average it does > matter. For the same reason it does not make much sense to refer to > their own experience with a couple of HD > > Aragorn
330,000 POH is roughly 37 years. I can cope with that. When you double an extremely small chance of failure, you still get an extremely small chance of failure. Steve. Steve. -- SteveEast ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31321 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
