[nylug-talk] Paper IT certs and disk drive fabrication differences -- WAS: Slim home server

[Chris Knadle]

On Friday 23 May 2008, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Chris Knadle wrote:
> > Nowhere in the documentation listed are there any specified limitations
> > on the number of hours per day that the disk should be used.  Not the
> > specifications, not the datasheet, not the warranty.  And it's a 5-year
> > warranty on a commodity disk.
>
> 400,000 hours MTBF based on 50,000 restarts and 8 hours/day usage given
> no adverse, off-line or on-line events.  ;)

   ?  No.  The specifications say 700,000 hours MTBF, 50,000 "contact 
start-stops", and nothing about how many hours per day --  please explain 
where you're getting this 8 hours/day usage from.

   -- Chris

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Chris Knadle
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