[Cialug] Fwd: SCSI no better than off the shelf...

[Nicolai]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:24:47AM -0600, Todd E Thomas wrote:
> Apparently HDD manufacturers are padding their MTBF numbers, by alot, 
> which isn't a total shocker.

Yeah... take a drive with an advertised MTBF of 1.2 million hours.  With
24*365=8760 hours in a year, that's 136 years between failures.  Average.
Note that the article was posted in 2007 and still applies.

MTBF = Misleading The Buyer Forever

Nicolai