On Tuesday 20 February 2007 17:07, David Brodbeck wrote: > Greg Freemyer wrote: > > I don't know about that, it is amazing how often disk drives fail > > shortly after the warranty expires. > > I seem to recall the MTBF figure was usually substantially longer > than the warranty. I was going to verify that, but no one seems to > quote MTBF anymore for hard disks -- instead they quote error rate, > start/stop cycles, and annualized failure rate.
Which is more specific information and much more informative than a lumped MTBF number. > ... RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
