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From: nobody@blia.sharebase.com (Nobody at all)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: HD MTBF numbers; was: HFS directory allocation?
Keywords: HD MTBF
Message-ID: <13519@blia.sharebase.com>
Date: 19 Feb 91 16:38:48 GMT
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Reply-To: jeffb@blackhaw.UUCP (Jeff Beard)
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	It would probably take longer to create more than 100,000 or so
	files than most hard disk would last.  I wouldn't worry about it!


OK, I'll bite,  just how long is the life of a HD.  Does anyone have
authorative MTFB (Mean Time Between Failures) numbers for some/any 
manufactures?