Re: /dev/sda slowly dieing??

From: Roger Grosswiler (roger_at_gwch.net)
Date: 03/02/05

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    > On or about 2005-03-01 04:02, Hacksaw whipped out a trusty #2 pencil and
    > scribbled:
    >
    >>>must be 2-3 years old...i think about changing the disk in this case...
    >>>
    >>>
    >>
    >>That's too bad. That's a young disk in my view of things. I have a 9Gig scsi
    >>disk that has been going since Redhat 6.2.
    >>
    >>Good luck.
    >>
    >>
    > Is that 24/7/365? 3 years is 26,280 hours. In days of yore, good disks
    > used to be rated for 50-100K hours, but I suspect in the last few years
    > the design life has gone down with the prices. In 3 years, price cut in
    > half, capacity doubled, speed doubled (or at least increased a lot).
    > Getting to where you just treat disks like tires on your car and replace
    > them as needed....
    >
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    yes, it is 24/7/365. But we should always be clear, that there can also be a kind of "monday-model", and it depends
    also on stocking (i have no climatized room for 5 servers!) not just on cars, also on harddisks...

    Roger 

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