Stress Testing Hard Drives

[Jack]

Cited references:

http://209.85.163.132/papers/disk_failures.pdf
http://www.grc.com/sn/notes-081.htm

I could give you more, if you'd like. Or you could
simply google yourself for things like 
"SMART disk failure".

I wasn't advocating that *ALL* repacking vendors were 
created equal. Anyone who would spend the money to buy
such a setup would be a fool not to do the proper 
research first.
Yes, I know the world is full of fools. My comments
weren't aimed at them. I also don't like to advertise 
for companies on mailing lists, so you won't often see
me freely offer a vendor without being asked first.

Brian,

*My opinions are my own and my interpretations may
differ from yours. That's what makes us unique, so
YMMV*
;')

--- Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday 10 July 2007 10:19:44 pm Jack wrote:
> 
> > the best bet is to buy a pair or three, do
> frequent
> > backups, don't run 24/7, occasionally mirror to a
> > spare.
> 
> While I agree that there's little point in stress
> testing a drive that's going 
> to be used, I find some of your other assertions
> would be a lot more credible 
> if you cited some references for them.