On 10/28/2017 01:31 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 10/27/2017 6:20 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
“Big hard disks may be breaking the bathtub curve”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...bathtub-curve/

“1,240 10+TB hard disks installed, and not a single one has gone bad.”

Lynn

I too wonder how long the helium is going to last in the drive. And the comment about the data center monkeys talking to each other in high pitched voices is funny.

Lynn

Do they ever go bad. None of mine ever died.
The worst troubles I had we

Broken linux PIO drivers giving loads of messages on a really old HD(90's era) attached out of curiosity.
Flaky SATA connection.

Am I doing something wrong?
(I'm not a datacenter person,tho')