• About Us
  • Search
  • Compatibility
  • Forums
  • Archive
  • Channels
  • Home
To take full advantage of all features you need to login or register. Registration is completely free and takes only a few seconds.
Warp2Search.net » News » March 2007 » Hard Disk Failure Much Higher than Reported

Hard Disk Failure Much Higher than Reported

Posted by: [NT] on: 03/03/2007 08:49 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ] · 3299 views

Carnegie Mellon University recently conducted a study that found that HD failure rates are actually much higher than reported. If you are in the market for a new drive, I?d suggest giving this one a good read.



The Carnegie Mellon study examined large production systems, including high-performance computing sites and Internet services sites running SCSI, FC and SATA drives. The data sheets for those drives listed MTTF between 1 million to 1.5 million hours, which the study said should mean annual failure rates "of at most 0.88%." However, the study showed typical annual replacement rates of between 2% and 4%, "and up to 13% observed on some systems." HardOCP

Digg it! Del.icio.us Technorati Furl Google Bookmarks

Related Stories

02/19/2007 07:43 PM: Hard disk test 'surprises' Google by [NT]
The impact of heavy use and high temperatures on hard disk drive failure may be overstated, says a report by three Google engineers. The report examined 100,000 commercial hard drives, ranging from 8...

10/18/2006 05:46 PM: Photo of PS3 Hard Disk by Newsfactory
The official PlayStation 3 site reveals to us a photograph of the hard disk which will be present in both packs of the PS3, 20 Go and 60 Go. News4Gamers ...

07/20/2006 10:36 PM: First WiFi Hard Disk in Singapore by Newsfactory
A 1.8" Hitachi 30GB Travelstar in the Wi Drive, up to 60GB potential in this small a form factor. Definitely qualified to be coined pocket sized. VR-Zone...

02/09/2006 07:23 PM: Western Digital WD1500ADFD Raptor Hard Disk by [NT]
Western Digital’s first released its Raptor in 2003 and was significant in a number of ways. For a start it was its first SATA hard drive. However WD did something far more interesting than taking o...

10/01/2005 11:53 AM: Fake Maxtor Hard Disk Drives Hit the Market by Newsfactory
Forged Maxtor Corp.’s MaXLine II hard disk drives (HDDs) have emerged on the Japanese market, according to local press. Alleged swindlers supply 320GB flavours of the HDDs, whereas Maxtor officially...


« Is AMD being hypocritical about benchmark ethics? · Hard Disk Failure Much Higher than Reported · S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Multiplayer Preview »

Comment

bonus
Unregistered



#66085 Posted on: 03/04/2007 08:47 PM
Lame link and terrible description. So I shouldn't buy fibre channel for my next hard drive ? Whoa, thanks that was helpful.

Warp2Search.net » News » March 2007 » Hard Disk Failure Much Higher than Reported

Latest News

· Windows SBS 2008 Release Candidate 0
· Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 Beta
· Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor Preview
· Asus Trinity Tri-GPU Graphics Prototype Benched
· Sapphire HD 4870 Review
· Palit HD 4870 512MB Video Card Reviewed
· GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI tested
· Mighty Mouse 5 Waterproof Mouse Review
· Rosewill RX630-S-B Xtreme 630W PSU Review
· GNOME 2.23.5 Released
· iPhone Gaming Article
· Lower- and Higher-End Phenom X3/X4 Processors
· Super Talent MasterDrive MX 60GB Solid State Drive Review
· Sherlock Holmes Vs. Arsene Lupin Review
· BFG LS550 550W Power Supply Review
· ATI Catalyst 8.7 Analysis - XP & Vista
· Scythe Zipang 140mm CPU Cooler Review
· NZXT Khaos Case Review
· Coolermaster GeminII S Heatsink Review
· Foxconn Qbook Tech Report Updated

Nodes To Friends





Online Users

There are currently 734 user(s) online

© 2007-2008 Esselbach Internet Solutions
All products mentioned are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
Read our disclaimer over here and our Privacy Policy over here
Managed with Contentteller