Stress Testing Hard Drives

[Charles Steinkuehler]

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Billy Crook wrote:
> I think they should lable hard drives with their halflife.

No hard scientific evidence here, but anecdotal accounts show the
new(ish) 500-Gig SATA drives have a *MUCH* shorter half-life than the
previous generation of 250-Gig drives.

The company I work for (NewTek) is shipping pre-configured video editing
systems, and the latest includes a 500-Gig drive.  They half-life (ie:
blink out of existence) so quickly I had difficulty finding enough units
to stress-test the imaging system.  Of course, the inventory system
indicated there were plenty available...

Other items with short half-lives:
- - Oscilloscope probes (Why are they called 10:1 probes?  Because they
ten(d) to one(run) away! <groan>).
- - Sticks of DRAM
- - Miniature screwdrivers
- - Favorite pens/pencils

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Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net
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