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Manic! 06-11-2011 10:29 AM
hard drive life expectancy stats
 
Can anyone point to some manufactures information on hard drive life expectancy? My search skills seem to suck.

!MiKrofT 06-11-2011 07:21 PM
You're looking for MTBF field. Mean Time Before Failure. Usually listed in hours.

Soundy 06-11-2011 07:26 PM
And keep in mind that keeping your drives cool is paramount to their longevity...

John 06-11-2011 08:46 PM
There is not much on this topic. The best article might be this one. It's by Google.
http://static.googleusercontent.com/...k_failures.pdf

InvisibleSoul 06-13-2011 09:09 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Soundy (Post 7468658)
And keep in mind that keeping your drives cool is paramount to their longevity...
Surprisingly, the paper John linked to below shows that this may not be true... even though I still believe in the principle of keeping hard drives cool.


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