I thought yesterday's news story about hard-drive failure rates was interesting, although I did wonder about the methodology of the report:
http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/3...ity-chart.html
I've just read this follow-up article over at Tweektown, which shed's some doubt over the validity of the original data:
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/60...red/index.html
It just goes to show that you should believe everything you read on the webIt did occur to me that retailers like Scan might be in a better position to offer their customers objective information regarding the reliability of certain brands and / or models of the products they sell? Presumably they must sell thousands of hard-disks every year, and thus know pretty well the failure rates of each manufacturer (within the first 12 months, at least). How about it, Scan?


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It did occur to me that retailers like Scan might be in a better position to offer their customers objective information regarding the reliability of certain brands and / or models of the products they sell? Presumably they must sell thousands of hard-disks every year, and thus know pretty well the failure rates of each manufacturer (within the first 12 months, at least). How about it, Scan?
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just kidding I suppose it's way you treat your hard drive more than anything? The new drive (Latest Seagate Barracudas) have 1 full 1TB per-platter which in many respects should increase it's life expectancy? Most of the time the logic board goes on hard drives than the drive dying.


my bad. My brain didn't interpret it well, been a long day!
