[X4U] Re: Lifespan of Harddrives? (a bit off-topic)

[David Ledger]

>From: Bill Bauldry <BauldryWC at appstate.edu>
>I¼ve been amused for a long time by manufacturer¼s claims for a hard drive¼s
>`Mean Time Before Failure` (MTBF) stats used in product data sheets. A top
>high-end drive company lists 1,400,000 hours MTBF on a new SATA drive. It
>doesn¼t take rocket science to analyze this claim:
>     1,400,000 hours = 58,333.3 days = 159.8 years!
>I¼ve never met a hard drive yet that would outlast me by that much...
>
>Regards,
>Bill

You've never thrown away a piece of kit that still had a working hard drive?

David


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