Monito wrote: sjms wrote: can\'t agree less. and in 3 years its cost me a total of $13 to replace 2 1TB black caviers under warranty. the warranty on greens/blues is now 2 years down from 3. so within the three year period and after 2 the greens/blues fail i\'m in the wallet for whatever the newer one costs which is definitally higher then $13 so far your assumption of if it lasts 1 year it\'ll likely last 5 is just that an assumption.
Nope. Lookup the \"bathtub curve\".
Again, a writer is confusing anecdotes for evidence.
i am aware of the statistal angle. i\'m also aware 99% of the people are not running large enough samplings to make it fully viable.
Monito wrote: sjms wrote: can\'t agree less. and in 3 years its cost me a total of $13 to replace 2 1TB black caviers under warranty. the warranty on greens/blues is now 2 years down from 3. so within the three year period and after 2 the greens/blues fail i\'m in the wallet for whatever the newer one costs which is definitally higher then $13 so far your assumption of if it lasts 1 year it\'ll likely last 5 is just that an assumption.
Nope. Lookup the \"bathtub curve\".
Again, a writer is confusing anecdotes for evidence.
my bathtub doesn\'t seem to have the same curve as yours. i run the statistical stuff all year long with my fleet. unfotunately as product price among other factors enters the factor it skews a bit at times.
Feb 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
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