Re: 'OpenMac' Promises Mac Pro pefromance at Mac Mini prices!




On 4/24/08 1:50 PM, in article
b3bb5de5-ed09-40fa-856a-35df5090d113@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "-hh"
<recscuba_google@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Keith Wood <k.w...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-hh wrote:
YMMV, but I don't see much reason to keep a bunch
of significantly smaller HDs in service, even if
they're technically "free" ...

Perhaps, but reliability might be one reason to
keep older/smaller disks around.  I still use
an old Quantum 8GB (5,400 RPM) disk in a server that
has ran 24/7 since 1998 with minimal downtime.
 It produces a lot less heat than modern disks
and with only one head and platter, is much less
likely to suffer a catastrophic failure in service.

I also follow a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!" approach. In
general, I'm assuming that there's a desire for more total HD storage
capacity that is prompting action to go acquire more capacity, not
that there's been a hardware failure. Afterall, new HDs now have MTBF
of 750,000 hours (Seagate 7200.11).

750K hours?!? Are you sure it's not 75K? That would be more like it.

I mean 750,000 hours is more than 86 years, 24/7.

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