Back in the mid-nineties we had a RAID5 array that lost another
drive before we got the replacement drive installed. (Admittedly,
we were not running with a hot spare. Though I don't know how
common hot spares were in 1996.) It turned out the manufacturer
just had a bad batch and it was a common problem for one run.
However it is definitely true that the higher speeds produce
more heat and wear. I remember in the 80's getting hand-me-down
drives that just never seemed to quit. Of course, that was
back in the days of full-height full-width drives.
The first time I heard about drives which failed due to over-heat
I was startled, as it seemed to odd. At this point, though, heat
is a major killer of drives.
Cheers,
Steven Black
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 02:36:01PM -0400, Paul Purdom wrote:
> I have also been having a lot of hard drive problems lately. Does anyone on
> the list know of reliable ratings of hard drive reliablies?
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