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From: aburt@isis.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Disc reliability
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Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 14:07:06 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 31 14:07:06 1987
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Reply-To: aburt@isis.UUCP (Andrew Burt)
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An ad from a place called Priority One Electronics that was mailed along with
the most recent Byte had a table giving disk statistics for a variety of
disks; including MTBF.  I tossed the ad, but I recall most drives were
15,000 - 20,000 hours.  The only specific number I remember was 20,000 for the
Seagate ST-251 (because that's what I have).

I recall that the numbers I knew were indeed correct on the chart (such as
access speed, unformatted size, number of cylinders) but they didn't cite
their sources.
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Andrew Burt 				   			isis!aburt

              Fight Denver's pollution:  Don't Breathe and Drive.