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http://blogs.sun.com/relling/entry/adaptec_webinar_on_disks_and
-- richard
Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2008, Brandon High wrote:
>
>> CMU released a study comparing the MTBF enterprise class drive with
>> consumer drives, and found no real differences.
>>
>
> That should really not be a surprise. Chips are chips and in the
> economies of scale, as few chips will be be used as possible. The
> quality of manufacture could vary, but this is likely more dependent
> on the manufacturer than the product line. Manufacturers who produce
> crummy products don't last very long.
>
> True enterprise drives (SCSA, SAS, FC) have much lower media read
> error rates by an factor of 10 and more tolerance to vibration and
> temperature. They also have much lower storage capacity and much
> better seek and I/O performance. Failure to read a block is not a
> failure of the drive so this won't be considered by any study which
> only considers drive replacement.
>
> SATA "enterprise" drives seem more like a gimmick than anything else.
> Perhaps the warranty is longer and they include a tiny bit more smarts
> in the firmware.
>
>
> Bob
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> Bob Friesenhahn
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