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

[Eugene]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 11:59:39AM CST, Bill Bauldry <BauldryWC at appstate.edu> wrote:
: 
: I?ve been amused for a long time by manufacturer?s claims for a hard drive?s
: `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
: doesn?t take rocket science to analyze this claim:
:     1,400,000 hours = 58,333.3 days = 159.8 years!
: I?ve never met a hard drive yet that would outlast me by that much...

I'm surprised there hasn't been a class-action lawsuit
launched against all hard drive makers.


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Eugene
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